sorry for some reason the content of the wp-conf.php file is not showing above:
her it is
<?php
/**
* The base configurations of the WordPress.
*
* This file has the following configurations: MySQL settings, Table Prefix,
* Secret Keys, WordPress Language, and ABSPATH. You can find more information
* by visiting {@link http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php Editing
* wp-config.php} Codex page. You can get the MySQL settings from your web host.
*
* This file is used by the wp-config.php creation script during the
* installation. You don't have to use the web site, you can just copy this file
* to "wp-config.php" and fill in the values.
*
* @package WordPress
*/
// ** MySQL settings - You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
[ deleted for safety sake ]
/** 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/ 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 2.6.0
*/
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');
/**#@-*/
/**
* 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 = 'wp_';
/**
* WordPress Localized Language, defaults to English.
*
* Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the chosen
* language must be installed to wp-content/languages. For example, install
* de_DE.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de_DE' to enable German
* language support.
*/
define('WPLANG', '');
/**
* 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.
*/
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');
thanks again
First: never post your full WP-CONFIG.PHP file here. You never want to share your database details including the username and password, even when it’s just on your local machine.
Second: don’t use “root” as a user for your WordPress database. Create a new user and password specifically for this (something like “wpuser” or something).
Then, the problem itself. It’s possible things go wrong because your database name and username in WP-CONFIG.PHP are encapsulated by single quote signs, instead of apostrophes.
BAD:
define('DB_NAME', ‘wordpressdb’);
GOOD:
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpressdb');
Try using “regular” single quote signs (the one next to the ENTER key) and see if that makes a difference.
thank you, I will try that…is there any way to delete my config details now? thanks
Hi, i didn’t succeed…now there is simply a blank page on the browser…i notice that I keep receiving this error messages on erro.log:
[14-Mar-2014 16:28:18 Europe/Berlin] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ”);’ (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING) in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/wp-config.php on line 25
could it be this line below? (copied from config.php)
/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
do I need to put anything between the single quote sign for DB_COLLATE?
another question: not sure i am using the single quote sign, i type the one close to the enter key but it looks more like an apostrophe, i don’t see any other sign like that on my keyboard (mac keyboard)
thank you again
The DB_COLLATE line is fine.
According to what you posted on Pastebin, line 25 is not that line, but the one where you enter the password.
ok, still can’t find how to fix the error, I tried all suggested but still doesn’t work, any other suggestion? thank you
please do ask me if you need any more details in order to help solving this.
cheers
is there anybody out there that could follow me with a step by step help?
You really just need to check any typos, missing brackets, wrong apostrophes, etc. That’s likely the cause of the problem.
ok, i will try again, thanks
