Title: Parse Error when trying to access install.php
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Parse Error when trying to access install.php

 *  Resolved [paradisemafia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paradisemafia/)
 * (@paradisemafia)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-trying-to-access-installphp/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-trying-to-access-installphp/#post-396709)
 * >>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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paradisemafia/)
 * (@paradisemafia)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-trying-to-access-installphp/#post-396710)
 * I kinda thought that, but isn’t that strange, since I have never edited the file
   after downloading it from wordpress.org?
 *  [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-trying-to-access-installphp/#post-396715)
 * Did you try a fresh download? Maybe the file got corrupted somehow.
 *  Thread Starter [paradisemafia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paradisemafia/)
 * (@paradisemafia)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-trying-to-access-installphp/#post-396721)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paradisemafia/)
 * (@paradisemafia)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-trying-to-access-installphp/#post-396723)
 * 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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 * [wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-config-php/)
 * [wp-settings.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-settings-php/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [paradisemafia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paradisemafia/)
 * Last activity: [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-trying-to-access-installphp/#post-396723)
 * Status: resolved

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