Title: define('AUTH_KEY', error Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # define('AUTH_KEY', error * [zeroh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeroh/) * (@zeroh) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/) * I’m getting a syntax error on line 46 of my wp-config.php file and haven’t got a clue how to resolve it, I’ve been experiencing major WP problems over the last few days after trying to migrate files. My website currently looks like this [http://www.zerohstudio.com/wp](http://www.zerohstudio.com/wp). Any help would be much appreciated. * Thank you. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815032) * Visit this page: [https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/](https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/) * That will generate a randomized set of keys and salts for you. You can refresh it a few times to see that the values are randomized. * You can copy and paste that code into that section of your wp-config.php file, replacing those similar lines that are there. If there is a syntax error in your file, replacing it with this working code should fix the issue. * Note that it doesn’t matter what those values are, they’re literally random and intended to be that way, for security. Don’t share your random values with anybody else. * Thread Starter [zeroh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeroh/) * (@zeroh) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815034) * Thank you Samuel. I let you know how I get on. * All the best. * Thread Starter [zeroh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeroh/) * (@zeroh) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815100) * weirdly I’m still getting a syntax error, why would this be? * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815103) * I can’t really tell you why you’re getting a syntax error. You need to look at your wp-config.php file and compare it to the wp-config-sample.php file that comes with WordPress. It should be mostly the same, except for the values for things like the database information and those secret keys. * Moderator [Jose Castaneda](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jcastaneda/) * (@jcastaneda) * THEME COFFEE MONKEY * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815105) * You’re most likely missing a closing `"` or `'` somewhere. * Thread Starter [zeroh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeroh/) * (@zeroh) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815109) * One thing I’ve noticed while comparing config files is that on the faulty file I have $table_prefix = ‘5ka_’; * When the sample file says $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; * I this an issue? * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815112) * No, that is not necessarily an issue, and it certainly would not cause a syntax error. * The error message will tell you on what line number the error is. Look at that line and the things surrounding it. * Thread Starter [zeroh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeroh/) * (@zeroh) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815114) * I can’t see any other discrepancies between the files, kinda feel like I’ve hit a brick wall. Thanks for the further comments. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815138) * Looking at [http://zerohstudio.com/wp/](http://zerohstudio.com/wp/) , I’m not seeing a syntax error message. It looks like you just have your site url incorrectly configured. * Read this page for help on fixing that: * [Changing The Site URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL) * Thread Starter [zeroh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeroh/) * (@zeroh) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815144) * Thanks Samuel, I fixed the syntax by rewriting the file, there seemed to be a bug which saw an error in each successive line, so that issue is resolved at least. I’ll try the above link and see how I go. Thanks again. * Thread Starter [zeroh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeroh/) * (@zeroh) * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815154) * I FIXED IT!!! By rewriting the syntax and moving all my files again. relief. Oddly I got an email confirming an automatic update at the same time, i guess this was a coincidence. Thank you Samuel * Here’s what it’s supposed to look like. [http://www.zerohstudio.com](http://www.zerohstudio.com) Best wishes. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘define('AUTH_KEY', error’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/) * [wp-config.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-config-php/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [zeroh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeroh/) * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/defineauth_key-error/#post-4815154) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics