Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '

  • chuffystilton

    (@chuffystilton)


    14 years, 8 months ago

    I was fiddling with something in my function.php when I got this error message:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home2/canaudic/public_html/womenaware/wp-content/themes/NEW/functions.php on line 1040

    Now I can’t log in to even my dashboard or even access my site. I’m a complete newbie to WordPress, and I haven’t downloaded WP to my computer.

    I’ve read some other threads with users who experience the same problem, and they all recommend doing something with FTP or Cpanel. I haven’t set up FTP beforehand, and I have no idea if I have “cpanel access”.

    My question is: how do I access and delete/rename my theme folder if I don’t have (or at least I don’t think I have) FTP?

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  • sylvain.d

    (@sylvaind)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    To fix this you need to overwrite your current file with a working one. You’ll need some kind of access to the file on your server to do this. Since you don’t really seem to know how to proceed you’ll need to give more info about your hosting if you want a more specific answer.

    Thread Starter chuffystilton

    (@chuffystilton)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    The website is hosted by hostmonster.com.

    Another user who had the same problem was using bluehost. Is there a difference between the two when it comes to accessing the file?

    sylvain.d

    (@sylvaind)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    it can if they are not using the same account interface or program. On hostmonster it say they are using cpanel. if you are not familiar with it you should me looking for something called file manager

    https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/file_manager

    it will allow you to browse to your function.php file and replace it

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