Title: T_STRING?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# T_STRING?

 *  [mariel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariel/)
 * (@mariel)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/t_string/)
 * I just tried installing my wordpress and it says:
 * Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/marie2l/public_html/wp/
   wp-config.php on line 5
 * Does anyone know why this is happening?

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 *  [mattread](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattread/)
 * (@mattread)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/t_string/#post-211312)
 * You messed something up in wp-config.php. Could be a missing ; (semi-colon) on
   the end of something. Or many many other things. try re doing wp-config.php from
   the sample, and don’t change any quotes etc..
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/t_string/#post-211313)
 * Check your wp-config file, especially what you put in for `'password'`
 *  Thread Starter [mariel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariel/)
 * (@mariel)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/t_string/#post-211314)
 * This is what I changed:
 * define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘marie2l_wp’); // The name of the database
    define(‘DB_USER’,‘
   marie2l_wp); // Your MySQL username define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘hidden’); // …and 
   password define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’); // 99% chance you won’t need to change
   this value
 * is that right?
 *  Thread Starter [mariel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mariel/)
 * (@mariel)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/t_string/#post-211315)
 * OH! Nevermind I didn’t put the little ‘ after the username! Sorry!
 *  [mattread](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattread/)
 * (@mattread)
 * [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/t_string/#post-211316)
 * Mariel,
 * `define('DB_USER', 'marie2l_wp); // Your MySQL username`
 * you are missing a quote there. try this:
 * `define('DB_USER', 'marie2l_wp'); // Your MySQL username`

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 * Last activity: [21 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/t_string/#post-211316)
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