Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.'
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.'

 *  [katherinewredd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katherinewredd/)
 * (@katherinewredd)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-39/)
 * I am new to wordpress and am trying to install a new blog. I am getting the following
   error when going to [http://…/blog/wp-admin/install.php](http://…/blog/wp-admin/install.php)
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘.’ in /home/content/m/o/u/moun6032/html/
   blog/wp-includes/user.php on line 981
 * The following is on line 981:
    ‘show_option_all’../../wordpress/wp-includes/ 
   => ”, ‘show_option_none’../../wordpress/wp-includes/ => ”, ‘hide_if_only_one_author’../../
   wordpress/wp-includes/ => ”,
 * What am I doing wrong here? Thanks very much!

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 *  [Safirul Alredha](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeo/)
 * (@zeo)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-39/#post-2429328)
 * Try re-download the package and check the file size. The zip file should be 3.8
   MB.
 * [http://wordpress.org/download/](http://wordpress.org/download/)

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-39/#post-2429328)
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