Title: Parse Error at initial launch
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Parse Error at initial launch

 *  [panictim](https://wordpress.org/support/users/panictim/)
 * (@panictim)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-at-initial-launch/)
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’ in /homepages/25/d230499117/htdocs/
   madhaus/wp-includes/user.php on line 244
 * I get the above error when loading the page
 * This is a fresh upload. I want the wordpress to run out of a subfolder.
 * I’ve loaded it multiple times and got it to work if the folder was named “wordpress”.
   If I renamed in on my side/updated the links and the upload it to my host I get
   the Parse error. Should I not be putting the whole folder up? The FAQ says it’s
   possible to do what I want so I know it’s me doing something wrong.
 * I pulled down the user.php page and went to line 244, I cannot find ‘.’ on that
   line. I did a search for it and it was not found that way either.
 * Thank you for your help and time.
 * Reply

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-at-initial-launch/#post-920746)
 * just upload the whole wordpress folder – then rename it to whatever you want 
   with your ftp client – then run the install

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-at-initial-launch/#post-920746)
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