Please Help me with an unexpected T_STRING error

[ssshawhan]

Hi!

Total newbie to coding here. I really need some help... My site is giving me the following error message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/your2012/public_html/TanningAdvice/wp-load.php on line 50

This is what is on line 50 in the wp-load.php file:

wp_die(sprintf(/*WP_I18N_NO_CONFIG*/"There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php'>We got it</a>. You can create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.</p><script type="text/javascript

Can anybody help me figure out what to do to correct this?

Many thanks in advance for any help!

[Fou-Lu]

Yep, if you wrap this in PHP tags you can see it as well. I'll complete the line with just closing it:

PHP Code:

wp_die(sprintf(/*WP_I18N_NO_CONFIG*/"There doesn't seem to be a <code>wp-config.php</code> file. I need this before we can get started. Need more help? <a href='http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php'>We got it</a>. You can create a <code>wp-config.php</code> file through a web interface, but this doesn't work for all server setups. The safest way is to manually create the file.</p><script type="text/javascript">...")); 


See the colour change at the end? text/javascript is now a part of the PHP code and not a part of the string (ie: you are dividing constant text by constant javascript, but what matters to this error is what follows it). You cannot use double quotes within double quotes (or single quotes within single) unless you escape them with \ (ie: script type=\"text/javascript\").

[ssshawhan]

Thank you again! Unfortunately, after making the changes you noted I am now getting

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VAR in /home/your2012/public_html/TanningAdvice/wp-load.php on line 52

with line 52 being

var div_colors = new Array('#4b8272', '#81787f', '#832f83', '#887f74', '#4c3183', '#748783', '#3e7970', '#857082', '#728178', '#7f8331', '#2f8281', '#724c31', '#778383', '#7f493e', '#3e4745', '#3d4444', '#3d4043', '#3f3d41', '#3f423e', '#79823e', '#798084', '#748188', '#3d7c78', '#7d3d7f', '#777f31', '#4d0000');

Look familiar? I think this is the same string I'm having trouble with in my other site...

Sorry for the trouble, but still needhelp.

[Fou-Lu]

T_VAR isn't the same but can be caused by the same. Especially with the use of JS since you issue a var jsvar command, and var is valid in PHP within the context of a PHP 4.x OO member property.
Escape the strings. You can also look at using the heredoc syntax which allows either quotations in a non quoted string.