Blog Syntax Error

  • caseyaccidenta

    (@caseyaccidenta)


    16 years ago

    I updated my blog’s (http://caseyaccidental.com) layout last night, and it looked fine. Today, however, I’m seeing this error:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/content/25/4613425/html/wp-includes/default-filters.php on line 229

    I can’t even login to the wp-admin, and I checked that line of php using the ftp, and it’s blank. Any ideas on what”s going on? I tried resetting the layout on the ftp side, and that didn’t work.

    EDIT: What I did: changed a bunch of colors, got rid of the banner at the top, and re-uploaded the kubrickbg-ltr.jpg in the ftp as a grey image instead of the default. It looked and worked fine after all of this until this morning.

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  • iridiax

    (@iridiax)

    16 years ago

    Sudden parse errors in a core WordPress file can be a sign that your site is hacked. Check default-filters.php for any weird added code (compare to a freshly downloaded copy from wordpress.org).

    Thread Starter caseyaccidenta

    (@caseyaccidenta)

    16 years ago

    Yeah, I see the weird code. What do I do now to fix it, and what caused me to get hacked?

    Thread Starter caseyaccidenta

    (@caseyaccidenta)

    16 years ago

    Okay, I got to the point here where it says back up, and I don’t know how. I use Go Daddy as my hosting and Filezilla as my FTP client. I clicked download from the main folder on the ftp, but I’m not sure that gets everything I need for a backup. I don’t know how to change my passwords either.

    iridiax

    (@iridiax)

    16 years ago

    See: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/377740

    iridiax

    (@iridiax)

    16 years ago

    Also: http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database

    Thread Starter caseyaccidenta

    (@caseyaccidenta)

    16 years ago

    Okay, I’m making some headway, but am still nowhere near the end I’m afraid.

    None of those backup articles helped. I don’t have phpmyadmin or know how to access the database. All I know how to access is the ftp.

    I tried those password resets, but I don’t know if they worked because wp-admin and emergency.php are just error pages. I don’t know how to change the FTP password yet.

    I checked .htaccess, and it was clean, so I used the tip here to disable the site to incoming traffic.

    That’s about as far as I’ve gotten because it seems like in every article I should be backing up now, but I have no idea how to. Any pointers? I really appreciate the help.

    iridiax

    (@iridiax)

    16 years ago

    Contact your web host about obtaining a backup of your database and tell them what happened.

    Thread Starter caseyaccidenta

    (@caseyaccidenta)

    16 years ago

    Thanks, I’ll do that today.

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