Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ” );’ (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE)

Got this error message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ” );’ (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE) in /home/sockup3/public_html/index.php on line 17

when copying the index.php n .htaccess to the root directory following instruction from Using a pre-existing subdirectory install at www.ads-software.com site.

here’s my index.php code:

<?php
/**
 * Front to the WordPress application. This file doesn't do anything, but loads
 * wp-blog-header.php which does and tells WordPress to load the theme.
 *
 * @package WordPress
 */

/**
 * Tells WordPress to load the WordPress theme and output it.
 *
 * @var bool
 */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);

/** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . ‘/wp5/wp-blog-header.php' );    --- this is line 17

I have done the above on other site so many time successfully, can someone look at the code above and tell what is wrong?

Thanks in advance.

• This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Steven Stern (sterndata). Reason: put code in code tags