Title: Error message Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Error message * [bspraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bspraj/) * (@bspraj) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-72/) * I am getting the following message when I go to my website prithvirajbs.com * It is giving an error message as below: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected‘ <‘ in /home/prithraj/public_html/wp-content/themes/bombax/includes/header.php on line 86 * Kindly help Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * [freeandeasyblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeeasy/) * (@freeeasy) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-72/#post-1874651) * More than likely the code in the /home/prithraj/public_html/wp-content/themes/ bombax/includes/header.php file is missing a closing bracket for the php or has html in the wrong place. * Normally PHP code goes as such: * PHP has beginning and ending brackets. Also if you have placed html in a random location you may want to remove it since it is causing the header.php not to load. That is all I can think since I am unable to see the contents of the header. php file * Thread Starter [bspraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bspraj/) * (@bspraj) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-72/#post-1874654) * I am placing below the header.php file contents. Kindly see if there is any mistake in my placing the “My calendar widget” towards the end of the code. After I added this code the problem has started: * _[Huge chunk of code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome). Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com)]_ * [freeandeasyblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeeasy/) * (@freeeasy) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-72/#post-1874658) * It is kinda hard to read that in the forums, it would be best if you used: [http://wordpress.pastebin.com/](http://wordpress.pastebin.com/) * Also we have to figure out what is the error on line 86 of the header.php like the error message says * Thread Starter [bspraj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bspraj/) * (@bspraj) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-72/#post-1874666) * I am not quite sure how to use the pastebin software. The last 8 lines were added by me just before the ?> as given below: * _[Code moderated as per the [Forum Rules](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome). Please use the [pastebin](http://wordpress.pastebin.com)]_ * [freeandeasyblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeeasy/) * (@freeeasy) * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-72/#post-1874670) * When I placed the code in my header.php file in my wordpress it did work. I placed it between the header tags of the header.php And it did work * ``` >

``` * What theme are you using? Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) The topic ‘Error message’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 5 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [freeandeasyblog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/freeeasy/) * Last activity: [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-72/#post-1874670) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics