Title: wp-includes/meta.php error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wp-includes/meta.php error

 *  [jerseyjoe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jerseyjoe/)
 * (@jerseyjoe)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-includesmetaphp-error/)
 * My installation stops with the error msg:
 * > Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /home/highspee/public_html/wp-
   > includes/meta.php on line 61
 * and here’s what that line says
 * > if ( ! $meta_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( “SELECT $id_column FROM $
   > table WHERE meta_key = %s AND $column = %d”, $meta_key, $object_id ) ) )
   >  return
   > add_metadata($meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value);
 * How to fix, please?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-includesmetaphp-error/#post-1426913)
 * Re-upload all files & folders from a **fresh** download of WordPress.

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