-functions.php syntax error-

  • silverla

    (@silverla)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    Hi — I tried to add a sidebar to my wordpress ‘Shelf’ theme for website lrnsilverman.com and edited my “functions.php” in wordpress. Now I cannot access my dashboard and receive this error message:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/ppaper/public_html/lrnsilverman.com/wp-content/themes/shelf_pro/functions.php on line 4

    From what I read online, I understand that I need to re-upload the correct, unedited ‘functions.php’ file from my theme, but I don’t understand how to do that. Is there another way to access the dashboard to fix the problem?

    Can you help me figure it out? Any help is MUCH appreciated.
    Thank you,
    Lauren

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  • Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Contact your theme’s vendors, or their support forum for support concerning their themes.

    mvandemar

    (@mvandemar)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    From what I read online, I understand that I need to re-upload the correct, unedited ‘functions.php’ file from my theme, but I don’t understand how to do that. Is there another way to access the dashboard to fix the problem?

    With the theme broken, you will need to either access the functions.php file through your hosting control panel, or via ftp. I would strongly suggest learning how to do this before making modifications to a theme, since breaking the theme can prevent access to the WordPress dashboard. I recommend trying FileZilla, which is free, and they have a tutorial here:

    http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/FileZilla_Client_Tutorial_%28en%29

    There are video tutorials available out there too if you look for them. Ftp (which stands for file transfer protocol) is one of the basics every person who owns a website should know.

    -Michael

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