Title: Parse error: syntax error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error

 *  Resolved [skrunch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skrunch/)
 * (@skrunch)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-2/)
 * I tried to install the latest version of wordpress. I get this error :
    Parse
   error: syntax error, unexpected $end in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-config.php
   on line 32
 * wp-config.php looks like:
 * <?php
    // ** MySQL settings ** // define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wordpress’); // The name
   of the database define(‘DB_USER’, ‘root’); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’,“);//…
   and password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to 
   change this value define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’); define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);
 * // Change each KEY to a different unique phrase. You won’t have to remember the
   phrases later,
    // so make them long and complicated. You can visit [http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/](http://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/)//
   to get keys generated for you, or just make something up. Each key should have
   a different phrase. define(‘AUTH_KEY’, ‘CjoYC{:`/->>z ,kC6wWKlKfhJH>XHzm5;><fB?
   yEY3+V%?p.<zL@tP=fu/atZCp’); define(‘SECURE_AUTH_KEY’, ‘3vV*9XEH93`|}Jlo2\\#3!:\\!
   V~t^in;=8@!r~6k#M36VF8/<l3C=dm|HK<Q:zwj>’); define(‘LOGGED_IN_KEY’, ‘?./N]~]O42XG88SA1bREqnU4qDJ[
   <P/%P!DO<Uf(A@T]h`%Aw^*$jbk\”fbS4igZq’);// You can have multiple installations
   in one database if you give each a unique prefix $table_prefix = ‘wp_’; // Only
   numbers, letters, and underscores please!
 * // Change this to localize WordPress. A corresponding MO file for the
    // chosen
   language must be installed to wp-content/languages. // For example, install de.
   mo to wp-content/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’ // to enable German language
   support. define (‘WPLANG’, ”);
 * /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */
 * if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’) )
    define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__) . ‘/’); require_once(
   ABSPATH . ‘wp-settings.php’); ?>
 * Any help?
    Thanx Brian

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-2/#post-869084)
 * make sure that there are no single or double quotes in your keys. Note that they
   are suppposed to be enclosed in single quotes.
 * I think I see a double quote mark ” in your third key. Maybe that will help?
 *  [thisisedie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thisisedie/)
 * (@thisisedie)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-2/#post-869085)
 * > define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, “); // …and password
 * Change this to
 * define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘ ‘); // …and password
 * You have a quotation mark where there should be 2 apostrophes.
 *  Thread Starter [skrunch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skrunch/)
 * (@skrunch)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-2/#post-869089)
 * Thanx! I followed both replies and it worked…thanx!

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-2/#post-869089)
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