Title: Cannot log in- getting “Parse error: syntax error,” etc
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Cannot log in- getting “Parse error: syntax error,” etc

 *  Resolved [kifu42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kifu42/)
 * (@kifu42)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-in-getting-parse-error-syntax-error-etc/)
 * I know just enough WP to get into trouble, which is exactly what happened.
 * I was trying to following a suggestion for showing a certain # of posts and followed
   the instructions I found here:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257947](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257947)
 * I thought if it didn’t work, I could always just go back and delete it. BUT …..
   I cannot even access my dashboard. If I go to my webpage, [http://marleysmutts.com](http://marleysmutts.com),
   there is nothing there but the error message.
 * Can someone help before I have a full-blown panic attack?
 * Thanks,
 * Judy

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 *  Thread Starter [kifu42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kifu42/)
 * (@kifu42)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-in-getting-parse-error-syntax-error-etc/#post-1333109)
 * It appears I have always logged in at the website, using the admin access link.
   I can’t reach that link because the website has crashed.
 * Can you tell me how to log in from the “back end”?
 * Please, someone???
 *  Thread Starter [kifu42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kifu42/)
 * (@kifu42)
 * [16 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-in-getting-parse-error-syntax-error-etc/#post-1333141)
 * I’ve read and re-read the Code for log in problems and it doesn’t appear that
   anything there can help. How can I deactivate plug-ins, for example, when I cannot
   access the Dashboard?
 * I don’t think the log-in.php is corrupted either. It apparently has solely to
   do with adding that piece of code that was suggested in [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257947?replies=2](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/257947?replies=2)
   because as soon as I copied and pasted it into the Function template, the site
   was lost.
 * Do I have any options left to fix this? Is it a lost cause?
 * This is what I get when I try to access the site:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENDWHILE in /home/marleysm/public_html/
   wp-content/themes/pretty-spots/functions.php on line 92
 * The site is: [http://marleysmutts.com](http://marleysmutts.com)
 * Thanks.
 *  [dmolini](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dmolini/)
 * (@dmolini)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-in-getting-parse-error-syntax-error-etc/#post-1333318)
 * Please help me, I have been ill for a while and someone asked me what
    happened
   to my blog. I can’t get it or log in, there is a parse error that comes up. I
   don’t have any idea what happened or what to do, it is [http://www.thepowerofbeing.net](http://www.thepowerofbeing.net).
   Please help.
 * Thank you
 * Denise Molini
 *  [katmast](https://wordpress.org/support/users/katmast/)
 * (@katmast)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-in-getting-parse-error-syntax-error-etc/#post-1333319)
 * It may be a long shot..
 * But I have experienced that my page/admin/something crashed and I thought the
   world was going under. But I found out, that an empty line or space in the funtions.
   php-file can take the whole thing down.
 * Don’t know if thats you problem?
 *  [mrmist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrmist/)
 * (@mrmist)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-in-getting-parse-error-syntax-error-etc/#post-1333320)
 * dmolini you may want to start a new thread aa this one is old and marked as resolved,
   but either way it is probably a hosting issue, have you spoken to your web host?

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 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-log-in-getting-parse-error-syntax-error-etc/#post-1333320)
 * Status: resolved

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