Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’

 *  [robcarroll2007gmailcom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robcarroll2007gmailcom/)
 * (@robcarroll2007gmailcom)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-5/)
 * I have followed the instructions up to running wp-admin/install.php and I get
   the following error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’ in F:\hshome\robertc\digitaleye.ie\
   wp-includes\category-template.php on line 523
 * I have downloaded wordpress again extracted that file and reloaded it but get
   the same error. Here is what the code looks like:
 * function wp_tag_cloud( $args = ” ) {
    $defaults = array( ‘smallest’ => 8, ‘largest’
   => 22, ‘unit’ => ‘pt’, ‘number’ => 45, ‘format’ => ‘flat’, ‘orderby’ => ‘name’,‘
   order’ => ‘ASC’, ‘exclude’ => ”, ‘include’ => ”, ‘link’ => ‘view’, ‘taxonomy’
   => ‘post_tag’, ‘echo’ => true );
 * Any suggestions what the problem might be?

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-5/#post-1214185)
 * Upload a fresh copy of a complete WP install; something glitched during the first
   upload.

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