Title: php error on install
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# php error on install

 *  [Root](https://wordpress.org/support/users/root/)
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 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-error-on-install/)
 * On first navigating to install.php I get:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /home/more404/public_html/wordpressthemes/
   wp-admin/admin-functions.php on line 240
 * Consulting the file in question I can not see any obvious error. Just wondered
   if this is a known fault. Maybe a server side guru could help please? Thanks.
 * UPDATE: Error only occurs using the tar.gz download. The zip is fine.

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 * [php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/php/)

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