Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ''admin-panel\');
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ''admin-panel\');

 *  [Azerty514](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azerty514/)
 * (@azerty514)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-admin-panel/)
 * Hi, I followed the steps but I got the error message below :
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ”admin-panel\’);’ (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING),
   expecting identifier (T_STRING) in /home/XXXX/public_html/wp-config.php on line
   117
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 *  [Victor Noyes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fla0/)
 * (@fla0)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-admin-panel/#post-5020399)
 * You just need to remove the backslashes from the code as seen below. You can 
   also look at the developers screenshots for a visual example.
 * define(‘WP_ADMIN_DIR’, ‘admin-panel’);
    define( ‘ADMIN_COOKIE_PATH’, SITECOOKIEPATH.
   WP_ADMIN_DIR);
 *  Thread Starter [Azerty514](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azerty514/)
 * (@azerty514)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-admin-panel/#post-5020536)
 * Thank you, then I have no error but it seems that the plugin does not work well
   even when I did everything I was redirected to the file: admin-panel, without
   the possibility of entering my username and my password: (

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 * Last reply from: [Azerty514](https://wordpress.org/support/users/azerty514/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-admin-panel/#post-5020536)
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