Title: function.php parse error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# function.php parse error

 *  Resolved [cybermatrixmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybermatrixmedia/)
 * (@cybermatrixmedia)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionphp-parse-error/)
 * All i did was paste a line of code that allowed more related products on a product
   page. When i tried to update I got this error. I removed the code and still the
   same error. I even removed all the coding from the function.php page and still
   get this error. I’m confused, especially since I only know enough php to modify,
   not to hard code or troubleshoot.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/content/64/10994364/html/website/
   wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen-child/functions.php on line 67
 * This is my entire function.php page:
 *     ```
       <?php
   
       // Remove old copyright text
       add_action( 'init' , 'mh_remove_copy' , 15 );
       function mh_remove_copy() {
               remove_action( 'attitude_footer', 'attitude_footer_info', 30 );
       }
   
       // Add my own copyright text
       add_action( 'attitude_footer' , 'mh_footer_info' , 30 );
       function mh_footer_info() {
          $output = '<div class="copyright">'.'Copyright © [the-year] [site-link] All Rights Reserved'.'</div><!-- .copyright -->';
          echo do_shortcode( $output );
       }
       add_filter( 'woocommerce_product_tabs', 'sb_woo_remove_reviews_tab', 98);
       function sb_woo_remove_reviews_tab($tabs) {
   
        unset($tabs['reviews']);
   
        return $tabs;
       }
       /**
        * WooCommerce Extra Feature
        * --------------------------
        *
        * Register a shortcode that creates a product categories dropdown list
        *
        * Use: [product_categories_dropdown orderby="title" count="0" hierarchical="0"]
        *
        */
       add_shortcode( 'product_categories_dropdown', 'woo_product_categories_dropdown' );
   
       function woo_product_categories_dropdown( $atts ) {
   
         extract(shortcode_atts(array(
           'count'         => '0',
           'hierarchical'  => '0',
           'orderby' 	    => ''
           ), $atts));
   
       	ob_start();
   
       	$c = $count;
       	$h = $hierarchical;
       	$o = ( isset( $orderby ) && $orderby != '' ) ? $orderby : 'order';
   
       	// Stuck with this until a fix for http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/13258
       	woocommerce_product_dropdown_categories( $c, $h, 0, $o );
   
       	?>
       	<script type='text/javascript'>
       	/* <![CDATA[ */
       		var product_cat_dropdown = document.getElementById("dropdown_product_cat");
       		function onProductCatChange() {
       			if ( product_cat_dropdown.options[product_cat_dropdown.selectedIndex].value !=='' ) {
       				location.href = "<?php echo home_url(); ?>/?product_cat="+product_cat_dropdown.options[product_cat_dropdown.selectedIndex].value;
       			}
       		}
       		product_cat_dropdown.onchange = onProductCatChange;
       	/* ]]> */
       	</script>
       	<?php
   
       	return ob_get_clean();
       }
       ```
   
 * Any help is appreciated.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionphp-parse-error/#post-5027960)
 * The code posted above is only 65 lines long.
 *  Thread Starter [cybermatrixmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybermatrixmedia/)
 * (@cybermatrixmedia)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionphp-parse-error/#post-5027977)
 * That’s my point. I deleted the entire coding from the page and still get that
   error. that’s why I’m so confused.
 * Should I delete the child theme and start fresh? Would that solve the problem?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionphp-parse-error/#post-5027982)
 * Are you using a caching plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [cybermatrixmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybermatrixmedia/)
 * (@cybermatrixmedia)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionphp-parse-error/#post-5028001)
 * super cache was used at install to disable caching then I disabled that plugin
   also
 *  Thread Starter [cybermatrixmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cybermatrixmedia/)
 * (@cybermatrixmedia)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionphp-parse-error/#post-5028054)
 * First I backed up my child theme. Then I deleted the child theme which allowed
   me to access my website again. Then I activated the parent theme. After that 
   I imported the child them back into the theme folder and deleted the function.
   php from the child theme directory. Then I recreated a blank function.php. That
   allowed me to reactivate my child them and everything works again.
 * All I have to do now is paste each portion of my function.php back in. Saving
   and refreshing to make sure the site works after each part is pasted back in.
 * Thanks for the all the responses.

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