Title: functions.php problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# functions.php problem

 *  [efovargue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/efovargue/)
 * (@efovargue)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-4/)
 * Hi – there’s a problem with my functions.php file. If I remove it from my twentythirteen-
   child folder, I get a messed up version of my website. If I add it, I get the
   following error message:
 * Fatal error: Cannot redeclare twentythirteen_setup() (previously declared in /
   mnt/vol4/home/a/n/andrew6/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentythirteen-child/
   functions.php:73) in /mnt/vol4/home/a/n/andrew6/public_html/wp-content/themes/
   twentythirteen/functions.php on line 110
 * All I have on line 110 is a parenthesis.
 * I would appreciate any help – many thanks
    Emma

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-4/#post-4422611)
 * Did you copy the parent’s function.php file into the child theme? If so, that’s
   incorrect. All child themes start with an empty functions.php file which is only
   populated by new or customised functions.
 *  Thread Starter [efovargue](https://wordpress.org/support/users/efovargue/)
 * (@efovargue)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-4/#post-4422622)
 * Hi – thanks for getting back to me. I did copy the twentythirteen folder’s ‘function.
   php’ file into the child folder. If I remove it, the website it messed up. Do
   I need to strip code out of the functions.php file?
 * Emma
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-4/#post-4422630)
 * Yes – the function.php file should be empty. I assume you did create this child
   theme in the correct manner by following the instructions in [child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes),
   yes?

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 * 3 replies
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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-problem-4/#post-4422630)
 * Status: not resolved

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