Ask your hosts to ensure that you are running PHP 5.2.4 at the very least.
thanks esme.. i found something else to try
theses lines
define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘NONCE_KEY’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘SECURE_AUTH_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘LOGGED_IN_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
define(‘NONCE_SALT’, ‘put your unique phrase here’);
it probably wants a long special character password with no spaces, not a phrase
You can get values for those fields via https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/ But, either way, that won’t be the problem in your current situation. Your hosts’ server offers both PHP 4 & PHP 5 and this is causing a problem in the install process. You need to switch over to PHP 5.
well i didn’t get the parse error after following \esmes steps
thanks
instead i got this;
Error establishing a database connection
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at ‘the hostnane i used’. This could mean your host’s database server is down.
Are you sure you have the correct username and password?
Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
Are you sure that the database server is running?
If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host. If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.
i’m closer,
i wonder if i use the host name my server provides or the on wordpress codex suggests
Check your database details with your hosts.
my host suggested i try my URL.com inplace of the localhost, but it didnt work
maybe i should use localhost for my host name
or maybe there are hidden files from my previous site
idk, im using filezilla
it finally worked
it was space error
my bad
thanks 4 allthe help