Title: Missing Closing Tag
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Missing Closing Tag

 *  [gwp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gwp/)
 * (@gwp)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-closing-tag/)
 * I am familiar with php but new to WordPress. I opened a file called admin-header.
   php, and it appears to be missing a closing tag. The code in question is at the
   bottom of the page:
 * <?php
    screen_meta($hook_suffix);
 * do_action(‘admin_notices’);
 * if ( $parent_file == ‘options-general.php’ ) {
    require(ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/options-
   head.php’); }
 * I have not found any closing tag in any of the other files that might suggest
   it is included. Can anyone explain that?
 * Gary

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 *  [kharisma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kharisma/)
 * (@kharisma)
 * [15 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-closing-tag/#post-1279470)
 * I’m assuming you mean the closing php tag “?>”.
 * It isn’t necessary at the bottom of a page.
    Some have the opinion that it speeds
   up processing to leave it off.

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