WordPress 2.7 (newest install version)
XAMP (Full) Newest Version ( on c:\xamp\ )
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
Toshiba Satellite P205D Laptop
Primary Browser: Firefox 3
Error Reads: Parse error: parse error in C:\xampp\htdocs\wordpress\wp-config.php on line 77
Notes:
I am generally new to php code. Working with WordPress themes has been a serious education in trying to read them as I am trying to get WordPress to run as a CMS and work with my designs.
Thus the install on my personal machine, so i can test things before uploading them live.
I tried the XAMP Lite and got several previous problems with the install, etc. So I decided to download the full version and install that. The full version /seemed/ to install fine. There was one error in regards to Vista warning me about allowing Apache access (which was allowed).
I set up the database as describe in multiple tutorials online for using WordPress and Xamp. That worked fine.
I edited the WP config file, as described in the tutorials ( which is the same as a regular install). It was very much like setting it up on my site's own host and should have worked. *~ Database name, root, localhost, no password (blank)
But when I open the site link ( http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php ) it throws the above error! So yes I am confused
I look at it in Dreamweaver (which I know sometimes adds extra code) and in notepad (hard to read the code that way) and couldn't find why it was giving me the exception. Line "77" is blank. When the "blank line" is removed the error reads a "parse error" for the next line up.