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1. ady20
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   hello guys, I wanted to install my own blog(2.15) but can not be set the config.php file.
   I uploaded files, I got my information from the data in wp-config.php, I gave permission to 0777 files. but gives me an error and not know what the cause is:
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in / home / www / free / XXXX / XXXXXXX / wp-config.php on line 4
   I wrote the name of the database, username, password, I checked a few times, it connects to the database, but it gives me the error and i dont know what would be the case.

   This is the source code of my 4 line:

   mysql select db1("best_video_uv_ro01");

   Do you have any idea? what is rong ?

   Sorry for my bad english.

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   No, line #4 in the CORRECTLY edited wp-config.php file can NOT be that.
   It is not about source code!
   It is about what you did in the wp-config.php file.

   Review the instructions:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Step_3:_Set_up_wp-config.php

3. ady20
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Well, trust me i have review this intructions for a several time,
   but nothing, the same error.
   This is my config.php file:

   <?php
   // ** MySQL settings ** //
   $dbh = mysql_connect("hostname", "username", "<PASSWORD HERE>") or die ("message");
   mysql select db1("databasename");

   // Change SECRET_KEY to a unique phrase. You won't have to remember it later,
   // so make it long and complicated. You can visit https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm
   // to get a phrase generated for you, or just make something up.
   define('SECRET_KEY', '*******'); // Change this to a unique phrase.

   // You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
   $table_prefix = 'wp_'; // Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

   // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
   // chosen language must be installed to wp-content/languages.
   // For example, install de.mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
   // to enable German language support.
   define ('WPLANG', '');

   /* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

   define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
   require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
   ?>

   I rename the file wp-config-sample.php to wp-config.php.

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   This is absolutely wrong:
   

   $dbh = mysql_connect("hostname", "username", "<PASSWORD HERE>") or die ("message");
   mysql select db1("databasename");

   I don't know how did you "review" the instructions and what did you see because it says clearly what to do:
   

   // ** MySQL settings ** //
   define('DB_NAME', 'putyourdbnamehere');    // The name of the database
   define('DB_USER', 'usernamehere');     // Your MySQL username
   define('DB_PASSWORD', 'yourpasswordhere'); // ...and password
   define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');    //

   Just stop trying to be smarter! Do it exactly as it says:
   Do NOT change anything, just type in your username where it says "usernamehere" etc. - do NOT touch anything else!

5. ady20
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Well, now i do exactly as you say,but surpise: Error establishing a database connection. i checked and double checked the config.php,the date are corectly write to this file.
   I forgot to tell somethig:i used a free hosting, could be this a problem ??

6. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   // ** MySQL settings ** //
   define('DB_NAME', 'databasename');    // The name of the database
   define('DB_USER', 'username');     // Your MySQL username
   define('DB_PASSWORD', 'PASSWORD'); // ...and password
   define('DB_HOST', 'hostname');    //

   databasename, username, PASSWORD, hostname - are only placeholders.
   But you will have to replace those "placeholders" with the REAL data from your own host!

7. ady20
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Of course i have replace whit my real data,but whit no succes.She give the same message :Error establishing a database connection.
   I have cheked,double checked and triple checked my data to be write corectly,but nothing....the same error. i don't know what to do....

8. moshu
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Well, despite what you think... in 99.99% of the cases it is a user error: a space, a missing quote ['], wrong quote (when using bad editors) and so on.

9. ady20
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Thank's alot for advice , i have resolve the problem.

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