Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, PLEASE HELP
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, PLEASE HELP

 *  [derk4397](https://wordpress.org/support/users/derk4397/)
 * (@derk4397)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-please-help/)
 * flippingreat.com
 * I deleted 4 deactivated plugins and got this error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/flipping/public_html/
   wp-config.php on line 17
 * I deleted all the plugins through my ftp client but still received the same error.
 *     ```
       <?php/**
   
       * The base configurations of the WordPress.
   
       *
   
       * This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,
   
       * Secret Keys, WordPress Language, and ABSPATH. You can find more information
   
       * by visiting {@link http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php Editing
   
       * wp-config.php} Codex page. You can get the MySQL settings from your web host.
   
       *
   
       * This file is used by the wp-config.php creation script during the
   
       * installation. You don't have to use the web site, you can just copy this file
   
       * to "wp-config.php" and fill in the values.
   
       *
   
       * @package WordPress
   
       */
   
       // ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
   
       /** The name of the database for WordPress */
   
       define('xxx', 'xxx');
   
       /** MySQL database username */
   
       define('xxx', 'xxx');
   
       /** MySQL database password */
   
       define('xxx', 'xxx');
   
       /** MySQL hostname */
   
       define('xxx', 'xxx');
   
       /** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
   
       define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
   
       /** The Database Collate type. Don't change this if in doubt. */
   
       define('DB_COLLATE', '');
   
       /**#@+
   
       * Authentication Unique Keys and Salts.
   
       *
   
       * Change these to different unique phrases!
   
       * You can generate these using the {@link https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ WordPress.org secret-key service}
   
       * You can change these at any point in time to invalidate all existing cookies. This will force all users to have to log in again.
   
       *
   
       * @since 2.6.0
   
       */
   
       define('AUTH_KEY',         'xxx');
   
       define('SECURE_AUTH_KEY',  'xxx');
   
       define('LOGGED_IN_KEY',    'xxx');
   
       define('NONCE_KEY',        'xxx');
   
       define('AUTH_SALT',        'xxx');
   
       define('SECURE_AUTH_SALT', 'xxx');
   
       define('LOGGED_IN_SALT',   'xxx');
   
       define('NONCE_SALT',       'xxx');
   
       /**#@-*/
   
       /**
   
       * WordPress Database Table prefix.
   
       *
   
       * You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique
   
       * prefix. Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!
   
       */
   
       $table_prefix  = 'xxx';
   
       /**
   
       * WordPress Localized Language, defaults to English.
   
       *
   
       * Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen
   
       * language must be installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install
   
       * de_DE.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de_DE' to enable German
   
       * language support.
   
       */
   
       define('WPLANG', '');
   
       /**
   
       * For developers: WordPress debugging mode.
   
       *
   
       * Change this to true to enable the display of notices during development.
   
       * It is strongly recommended that plugin and theme developers use WP_DEBUG
   
       * in their development environments.
   
       */
   
       define('WP_DEBUG', false);
   
       /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
   
       /** Absolute path to the WordPress directory. */
   
       if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
   
       define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');
   
       /** Sets up WordPress vars and included files. */
   
       require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');
       ```
   

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-please-help/#post-2931153)
 * The error is actually on the first line. Try changing this:
 *     ```
       <?php/**
       ```
   
 * to this:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /**
       ```
   

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