Title: PHP error (enclosed) causing install.php blank screen
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# PHP error (enclosed) causing install.php blank screen

 *  Resolved [ljmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljmac/)
 * (@ljmac)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-enclosed-causing-installphp-blank-screen/)
 * Hi,
 * I have just attempted to install WordPress on my server, but when I try to run
   istall.php, all I get is a blank screen. I looked at my PHP error logs, and each
   time I loaded install.php, it logged the following error:
 * [14-Jul-2008 10:05:10] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE,
   expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in [URL removed for security
   reasons]/wp-admin/includes/media.php on line 154
 * Hence, it would seem there is some kind of problem with media.php, although I
   have absolutely no idea what (I assume somebody who knows more about PHP than
   I do will be able to interpret the above error message).
 * Regards,
    Lee

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 *  Thread Starter [ljmac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ljmac/)
 * (@ljmac)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-enclosed-causing-installphp-blank-screen/page/2/#post-808354)
 * Glad to hear it worked for you too!
 * Another common problem is that unzippers frequently convert the carriage returns
   to your own operating system’s format, which will break WordPress 2.5 and upwards
   as well. Look for an option in your unzipper to stop it from doing this conversion.

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-enclosed-causing-installphp-blank-screen/page/2/#post-808354)
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