Title: Install.php error – cannot complete install
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Install.php error – cannot complete install

 *  [transformationmagazine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/transformationmagazine/)
 * (@transformationmagazine)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-error-cannot-complete-install/)
 * I’ve edited my config file and uploaded all files to my web server. I am now 
   trying to go to myurl.com/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
 * And… instead of installing I get the following:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’ in /……../wp-admin/includes/template.
   php on line 934
 * I read on posts to reinstall wordpress, so i did.
 * Funny thing is that BEFORE I reinstalled, I got an error message just like this(
   with an unexpected ‘.’) but it was in a different file…. includes/user.php on
   line 588
 * So, this makes no sense. HELP!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-error-cannot-complete-install/#post-1736748)
 * Try re-installing using a **fresh** download of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [transformationmagazine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/transformationmagazine/)
 * (@transformationmagazine)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-error-cannot-complete-install/#post-1736768)
 * That’s what I did. Got a fresh one, and the second time it no longer said the
   problem was with “user.php” instead it had a new one… “template.php”
 * I guess I can try it again.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-error-cannot-complete-install/#post-1736772)
 * If the error is changing each time, your server or computer may have an unstable
   connection causing file corruption during the upload.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-error-cannot-complete-install/#post-1736782)
 * have you checked if your host has a way extract zip file that you download as
   most cpanel host do have that.

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 * [cannot install](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cannot-install/)
 * [install.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/install-php/)
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 * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 4 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installphp-error-cannot-complete-install/#post-1736782)
 * Status: not resolved

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