Parse Error when trying to access install.php

  • Resolved paradisemafia

    (@paradisemafia)


    20 years ago

    Setting up (or trying to) WordPress on a remote host (I can get it to work on a local one…) and I am receiving an error message almost immediately —

    When I try to access /wp-admin/install.php, I get the error message:

    Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/gregoryw/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 122

    I have a database set up, as well as a user on the database and the “wp-config.php” file is modified to reflect this.

    Any ideas as to what could be causing this error (and how to fix it)?

    PHP version 4.4.1
    MySQL 4.0.25-standard

    Thanks.

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  • Doodlebee

    (@doodlebee)

    20 years ago

    >>Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/gregoryw/public_html/wp-settings.php on line 122<<

    That means that, on line 122 of your code in the file “wp-settings.php”, there is a “$” that shouldn’t be there.

    Thread Starter paradisemafia

    (@paradisemafia)

    20 years ago

    I kinda thought that, but isn’t that strange, since I have never edited the file after downloading it from ww.wp.xz.cn?

    Doodlebee

    (@doodlebee)

    20 years ago

    Did you try a fresh download? Maybe the file got corrupted somehow.

    Thread Starter paradisemafia

    (@paradisemafia)

    20 years ago

    Interestingly, after a fresh download and install, i now get:

    Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/gregoryw/public_html/wp-admin/admin-functions.php on line 1131

    I am beginning to think I have too much $…

    Thread Starter paradisemafia

    (@paradisemafia)

    20 years ago

    Well, seem to have figured out the problem… the files were corrupting as I uploaded them. Had to check all file sizes on remote host against those on my computer. Not too fun…

    Thanks for the help though….

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