Title: "missing ) after argument list"
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# "missing ) after argument list"

 *  [patrickporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickporter/)
 * (@patrickporter)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/)
 * Hi There, our host may have found the cause of the issue that prevents the drag
   and drop functions in the admin amongst other issues, such as the html editor
   not working.
 * There is a javascript error in the wp-admin/js/common.js
 * “missing ) after argument list”
 * Any ideas how to resolve this?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2309767)
 * Huh! If that was the case, thousands of people would be having this problem. 
   But they’re not. So whatever this is, it’s specific to your site. Have you tried:
 * – deactivating **all** plugins to see if this resolves the problem. If this works,
   re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).
 * – switching to the Twenty Eleven theme to rule out any theme-specific problems.
 * – [resetting the plugins folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_Troubleshooting#How_to_deactivate_all_plugins_when_not_able_to_access_the_administrative_menus.3F)
   by FTP or PhpMyAdmin. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause
   problems.
 * – re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download
   of WordPress.
 *  Thread Starter [patrickporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickporter/)
 * (@patrickporter)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2309782)
 * Thanks and yes, we did all of those as a first attempt to resolve the issue.
 * We have many installs of wordpress and all work fine except for this one.
 * How would thousands have this issue if this was the case? If this issue prevalent
   in all WP installs, is that what you are saying?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2309785)
 * > If this issue prevalent in all WP installs, is that what you are saying?
 * Exactly that! If all your other installs work fine, it does beg the question –
   why is this one different? Granted you could have a corrupt wp-admin/js/common.
   js file but a corruption so specific that it just dropped an closing bracket 
   has to be a million-to-one chance. Usually corrupted files are just code mush.
 * You could try re-uploading the wp-admin folder from a **fresh** download of WordPress
   to see if that helps. If not, it might be case of trying to work out what is 
   different about this install.
 *  Thread Starter [patrickporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickporter/)
 * (@patrickporter)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2309789)
 * Thanks for that, really weird though as I have tried uploading the admin only
   as well from a fresh copy. And again no change.
 * Will have to think further but I’m running out of ideas. Thanks.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2309796)
 * Is this install on a different server to the others? Have you tried adding `define('
   CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', false );` to the bottom of your wp-config.php file (just
   before the `require_once` line)?
 *  Thread Starter [patrickporter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/patrickporter/)
 * (@patrickporter)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2309797)
 * Thanks, it’s on the same server though.
 * I installed to a new domain name and it worked fine, so I’m wondering if the 
   domain name would have anything to do with it? I wouldn’t expect so but could
   that play a part?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2309879)
 * Nope – the domain name wouldn’t cause this. It has to be something within that
   site’s set-up.
 *  [psicoactive](https://wordpress.org/support/users/psicoactive/)
 * (@psicoactive)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2310004)
 * I had the same problem after migrating from my localhost for a web server.
 * I noticed that there were differences between the load-scripts.php that was being
   generated by localhost and what was being generated by the web server. The web
   server was generating “double quotes” on some parts of que code!
 * THE SOLUTION: I compared both php.ini and noticed that on my web server the options
   of “magic_quotes” were enabled. Disable them (like on localhost’s php.ini) and
   problem solved!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-after-argument-list-1/#post-2310004)
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