Title: xampp install – parse:error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# xampp install – parse:error

 *  Resolved [esatyrical](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esatyrical/)
 * (@esatyrical)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xampp-install-parseerror/)
 * Prior search unearthed earlier posts with same problem, i.e. the final instruction
   of following tamba2.org’s guide to installing xampp and wordpress is to enter:
 * [http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)
 * which results in the response:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\xampplite\htdocs\wordpress\wp-
   config.php on line 24
 * Has anyone satisfactorily resolved this?

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 *  Thread Starter [esatyrical](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esatyrical/)
 * (@esatyrical)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xampp-install-parseerror/#post-709750)
 * Resolved. I deleted the existing wp-config.php, then opened the original wp-config-
   sample.php, and created wp-config.php over again.
 * Then, I CUT all the text from wp-config.php, saved, and deleted. Next, opened
   a NEW file in Notepad, PASTED the CUT text into that, and saved as wp-config.
   php
 * Success! But why? The two versions of config-php are identical in screenprints.
   Having almost zero knowledge of coding and anything related, I can only assume
   there was something there (‘whitespace’?) which was invisble to the eye but not
   to the system.
 *  [bratchist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bratchist/)
 * (@bratchist)
 * [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xampp-install-parseerror/#post-709888)
 * You may have had the same issue I was having which I just solved after pulling
   my hair for some time. Following the guide, I entered ” (one double quote mark)
   for password (i.e. no password) when it should be ” (two single quote marks).
   Perhaps you entered it wrong the first time and fixed it on your second try. 
   Hope this helps others with the same problem.

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 * Last reply from: [bratchist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bratchist/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xampp-install-parseerror/#post-709888)
 * Status: resolved

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