syntax error, unexpected 'DB_PASSWORD' (T_STRING), expecting ')' in /etc/wordpress/config-localhost.php on line 4 [closed]
By Jessica Wood •
I have received this error message in the log file /var/log/apache2/error.logsyntax error, unexpected 'DB_PASSWORD' (T_STRING), expecting ')' in /etc/wordpress/config-localhost.php on line 4 Following the installation of wordpress, I had put in the password when creating the user wordpress. Can you tell me how I can unravel this issue; as when looking in the file config-localhost.php there appears to be no syntax error:
<?php
define('DB_NAME', 'wordpress');
define('DB_USER', 'wordpress;);
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'changed');
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('DB_COLLATE', 'utf8_general_ci');
define('WP_CONTENT_DIR', '/usr/share/wordpress/wp-content');
?>1 Answer
Actually, there is a syntax error in the line before:
define('DB_USER', 'wordpress;);The string wordpress is never closed, so the whole rhythm is out of whack, so to speak. It's quite common that the actual reason for a syntax error isn't in the line where the interpreter stumbles (here the DB_PASSWORD setting), but a bit before that.
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