Parse Error

I’m still waiting to see if someone can help me with this installation.

I currently use MT but am told WordPress is better so I would like to check it out myself but can’t get past this error and I am scratching my head bald over this.

Can anyone help me please?

on ‘DB_HOST’ try changing illusive_blog back to localhost

Well that is wierd…I didn’t notice that, but looking and this is what is on the wp-config.php file:

<?php
// ** MySQL settings **
//
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘illusive_xxxx’);
// The name of the database
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘illusive_xxxxx’);
// Your MySQL username
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘xxxxxxx’);
// …and password
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
// 99% chance you won’t need to change this value

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;
// Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

// Change this to localize WordPress.
A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
//

/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);
?>

and the error is now:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/illusive/public_html/blog/wp-config.php on line 19

that error often relates to a missing punctuation

I notice this is missing from what you cut and pasted

to enable German language support.
define (‘WPLANG’, ”);

try adding that back in beside the double slash under
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.

It would help if you could copy&paste your wp-config.php in between backticks, so it is formatted exactly as the PHP-Parser sees it.

that doesn’t seem to be an issue – I still get the error message.

<?php
// ** MySQL settings **
//
define('DB_NAME', 'illusive_blog');
// The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'illusive_xxxxx');
// Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxx');
// ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
// 99% chance you won't need to change this value

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix  = 'wp_';
// Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

// Change this to localize WordPress.
A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
//
For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.
define
('WPLANG', '');

/* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
?>

is that what you were asking for?

anyone else care to try to jump in?

Sorry, I was sleeping.
Prefix the lines starting with A corresponding MO file and For example, install de.mo to with // each and your problem should be solved.

Oh my gosh, you lost me – can you explain this to me a bit more?

Just what he said. Change this:

// Change this to localize WordPress.
A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
//
For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.

to this:

// Change this to localize WordPress.
//A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
//
//For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.

You were missing backslashes, and PHP can’t render the file correctly with invalid code.

make sure all the lines have a double slash in front

from your example
this should be moved up beside the double slash
For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to ‘de’

and
A corresponding MO file for the

same thing

Oh my goodness, this appears to be a bit more complicated than I realized. Now after changing what you suggested I get this error:

Warning: main(ABSPATH/wp-admin/admin-functions.php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/illusive/public_html/blog/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php on line 5

Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘ABSPATH/wp-admin/admin-functions.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/illusive/public_html/blog/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php on line 5

and this is the actual code for the wp-config.php file:

<?php
// ** MySQL settings **
//
define('DB_NAME', 'illusive_blog');
// The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'illusive_xxxxx');
// Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxx');
// ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
// 99% chance you won't need to change this value

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix  = 'wp_';
// Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

// Change this to localize WordPress.
//A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
//
//For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.

//* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

//define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
//require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
?>

is that correct, also, I notice the error states upgrade and this is a new installation.

Okay, so I see one error and fixed it but now I have this:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: __() in /home/illusive/public_html/blog/wp-admin/admin-functions.php on line 1593

and this is the actual code for the wp-config.php file:

<?php
// ** MySQL settings **
//
define('DB_NAME', 'illusive_blog');
// The name of the database
define('DB_USER', 'illusive_xxxxx');
// Your MySQL username
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'xxxxxxx');
// ...and password
define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
// 99% chance you won't need to change this value

// You can have multiple installations in one database if you give each a unique prefix
$table_prefix  = 'wp_';
// Only numbers, letters, and underscores please!

// Change this to localize WordPress.
//A corresponding MO file for the
// chosen language must be installed to wp-includes/languages.
//
//For example, install de.mo to wp-includes/languages and set WPLANG to 'de'
// to enable German language support.

//* That's all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__).'/');
//require_once(ABSPATH.'wp-settings.php');
?>

is that correct?