Title: Parse error
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Parse error

 *  [hofnar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hofnar/)
 * (@hofnar)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-1-2-3-4-3/)
 * im sure this has been posted a bunch of times. I searched and found nothing. 
   but I tried.
 * I keep getting:
    Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING
   in /home/hofnarn/public_html/tall-white-dude/wp-config.php on line 6
 * I really don’t know what to change?

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 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-1-2-3-4-3/#post-248813)
 * Check the file wp-config.php, and check the punctuation.
    You will be missing
   a ‘ or ) or ; Or you have a : where there should be a ;
 * Line 6 is (from 1.5.2)
    `define('DB_HOST', 'localhost'); `
 *  Thread Starter [hofnar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hofnar/)
 * (@hofnar)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-1-2-3-4-3/#post-248815)
 * Thanks for your help! I fixed that, but now it says the same thing but for line
   9. I never touched anything there.
 *  [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/)
 * (@podz)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-1-2-3-4-3/#post-248816)
 * Hmm….. can you compare your file to one from a fresh download ?

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