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I am unable to install a fresh version of EE2
when i direct my browser to the systems folder to install i am greeted with a blank white screen. after turning error reporting on in the index.php i recieve the following error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or ‘}’ in /nfs/c04/h03/mnt/66433/domains/ee.changeupmag.com/html/syschangeup2011/installer/core/Installer_Config.php on line 45

i dont know php but when i look at the installer_config.php file it seems like its missing a “}” on line 41 to close the funtion started on line 35

35 class Installer_Config Extends EE_Config {
36
37 var $config_path = ''; // Set in the constructor below
38 var $database_path = ''; // Set in the constructor below
39 var $default_ini = array();
40 var $exceptions = array(); // path.php exceptions
41
42 /**
43 * Constructor
44 */
45 public function __construct()
46 {
47 parent::__construct();
48
49 $this->config_path = EE_APPPATH.'/config/config'.EXT;
50 $this->database_path = EE_APPPATH.'/config/database'.EXT;
51
52 $this->_initialize();
53 }

ive run the server test wizard and had a full green light to install. so im not really sure whats going on here.
any help would be appreciated

thanks

john

John, you might want to take a careful look at what the Server Wizard is telling you.

This error has come before, from running on a PHP4 installation instead of PHP5, as now required by EE as you are installing it.

Unfortunately the present Server Wizard just mentions the version without flagging it as insufficient - this bug has been reported.

Your hosting can likely give you a config change or server move to get you on PHP 5.1.6 or later, and then this error should not appear.

The error itself is because PHP4 doesn’t support this kind of constructor, so that the Installer is exiting before it has begun to work.

Regards, and good fortune with it,
Clive

A new download of the server wizard should give you an accurate reading, since this bug is actually resolved.  Thanks for stepping in with the explanation of what’s happening there, Clive!

thanks a million clive!

even though my php defaults were set to php5
for some reason it reverted back to php4

too bad it only took half a day to figure it out 😛

thanks for your help
much appreciated

It happens, it happens 😉

Most welcome, and glad you are up, John.

Regards,
Clive

Hi John,

Glad that you got this issue sorted out. Please post back if required.

Cheers

Greg

@Clive, thanks very much.