Title: [Resolved] Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘]’
Last modified: October 20, 2016

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# [Resolved] Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘]’

 *  Resolved [yehia112](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yehia112/)
 * (@yehia112)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resolved-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected/)
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘]’ in /home3/muchmore/public_html/wp-config.
   php on line 29
 * I am trying to install WordPress
    but get this error all the time… Anyone know
   what to do about it ? I have changed the wp-config file for an fresh one, but
   still get this error when i visit the page…
 * this is my wp config file`
    ——————————————————————– `<?php /** * The base configuration
   for WordPress * * The wp-config.php creation script uses this file during the*
   installation. You don’t have to use the web site, you can * copy this file to“
   wp-config.php” and fill in the values. * * This file contains the following configurations:***
   MySQL settings * * Secret keys * * Database table prefix * * ABSPATH * * [@link](https://wordpress.org/support/users/link/)
   [https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php](https://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php)**
   [@package](https://wordpress.org/support/users/package/) WordPress */
 * // ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
    /** The
   name of the database for WordPress */ define(‘DB_NAME’‘**************’);
 * /** MySQL database username */
    define(‘DB_USER’, ‘***********’);
 * /** MySQL database password */
    define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘**********’);
 * /** MySQL hostname */
    define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
 * /** 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/](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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/since/) 2.6.0 */
 * SALT DELETED
 * /**
    * 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 = ‘wpmv37_’;
 * /**
    * 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.**
   For information on other constants that can be used for debugging, * visit the
   Codex. * * [@link](https://wordpress.org/support/users/link/) [https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress)*/
   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’); ———————————————————-
 * thank you
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by [yehia112](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yehia112/).

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/resolved-parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected/)
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