Title: Parse error when using install.php
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Parse error when using install.php

 *  [phillevans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillevans/)
 * (@phillevans)
 * [17 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-when-using-installphp/)
 * Hi,
 * Just loaded WP into a subdirectory (called, unoriginally, “wordpress”)and have
   made the mySQL database and amended the config file as instructed but when I 
   run the install.php script I get the following message:
 * **Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘.’ in /home/phil2775/public_html/wordpress/
   wp-includes/user.php on line 244**
 * I have checked the line mentioned and it *looks* OK to my untrained eye:
 * **‘show_option_all’../../wp-includes/ => ”, ‘show_option_none’../../wp-includes/
   => ”,**
 * Any suggestions on how I might resolve this?
 * Thanks in advance!
 * Phill

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