Title: PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_DNUMBER
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_DNUMBER

 *  [aarondye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aarondye/)
 * (@aarondye)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_dnumber/)
 * I’ve been having a problem with getting WordPress on my website up and running.
   
   When I go to my website, it says “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.1’ (
   T_DNUMBER) in … in line 34”
 * The section of code that the error is in reads as follows (removed my personal
   info with asterisks):
    /** The name of the database for WordPress */ define(‘
   DB_NAME’, “db******”);
 * /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, “db*******”);
 * /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, “*****”);
 * /** MySQL hostname */
    define(“DB_HOST”, “db633418301.db.1and1.com”);
 * The “.1” that is causing the error is part of the database host name and cannot
   be removed (I even tried “oneandone.com” instead but it wouldn’t work.
    If anyone
   could help I would strongly appreciate it, I’ve been stuck for over 24 hours.

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 *  [abletec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abletec/)
 * (@abletec)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_dnumber/#post-7538076)
 * Hi, aarondye, & welcome to the WordPress support forum. Could you explain the
   hostname? I’m looking at 1and1 & it would seem the host name may actually be 
   localhost.
 *  Thread Starter [aarondye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aarondye/)
 * (@aarondye)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_dnumber/#post-7538081)
 * When I looked up my PHP information on my 1and1 control panel, it says that the
   database host name is what I have listed above. I tried replacing it with “localhost”,
   but whenever I do that, my website instead says “Error establishing database 
   connection” instead of the Parse error that is listed above.
 *  [girlieworks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlieworks/)
 * (@girlieworks)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_dnumber/#post-7538089)
 * Hi, [@aarondye](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aarondye/). Try replacing
   all of the **double** quote marks with **single** quote marks instead, e.g.:
 *     ```
       /** MySQL hostname */
       define('DB_HOST', 'db633418301.db.1and1.com');
       ```
   
 * (The double quote marks are probably causing the periods to be interpreted by
   PHP as concatenation operators instead of merely part of the hostname string.)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_dnumber/#post-7538089)
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