Title: Parse Error and Syntax Error – PHP newbie
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Parse Error and Syntax Error – PHP newbie

 *  [johioss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johioss/)
 * (@johioss)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-and-syntax-error-php-newbie/)
 * Hey all,
    I’m getting the following error message on my site and need help please.
   Thank you!
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ”comments” (T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING),
   expecting ‘)’ in /home2/thegrita/public_html/thegritandgraceproject/wp-content/
   themes/virtue_premium/lib/post-types.php on line 35
 * ——————————–
    **Below is the section. Line 34 and 35 begins…** ——————————–
 *  ‘supports’ => array( ‘title’, ‘excerpt’, ‘editor’, ‘author’, ‘page-attributes’,‘
   thumbnail’, ‘comments’ )
 * Here is the whole section.
 * <?php
    // Custom post types if ( !is_plugin_active(‘virtue-toolkit/virtue_toolkit.
   php’) ) { function portfolio_post_init() { $portfoliolabels = array( ‘name’ =
   > __(‘Portfolio’, ‘virtue’), ‘singular_name’ => __(‘Portfolio Item’, ‘virtue’),‘
   add_new’ => __(‘Add New’, ‘virtue’), ‘add_new_item’ => __(‘Add New Portfolio 
   Item’, ‘virtue’), ‘edit_item’ => __(‘Edit Portfolio Item’, ‘virtue’), ‘new_item’
   => __(‘New Portfolio Item’, ‘virtue’), ‘all_items’ => __(‘All Portfolio’, ‘virtue’),‘
   view_item’ => __(‘View Portfolio Item’, ‘virtue’), ‘search_items’ => __(‘Search
   Portfolio’, ‘virtue’), ‘not_found’ => __(‘No Portfolio Item found’, ‘virtue’),‘
   not_found_in_trash’ => __(‘No Portfolio Items found in Trash’, ‘virtue’), ‘parent_item_colon’
   => ”, ‘menu_name’ => __(‘Portfolio’, ‘virtue’) );
 *  $portargs = array(
    ‘labels’ => $portfoliolabels, ‘public’ => true, ‘publicly_queryable’
   => true, ‘show_ui’ => true, ‘show_in_menu’ => true, ‘query_var’ => true, ‘rewrite’
   => false, //’rewrite’ => array( ‘slug’ => ‘portfolio’ ), /* you can specify its
   url slug */ ‘has_archive’ => false, ‘capability_type’ => ‘post’, ‘hierarchical’
   => false, ‘menu_position’ => 8, ‘menu_icon’ => ‘dashicons-format-gallery’, ‘supports’
   => array( ‘title’, ‘excerpt’, ‘editor’, ‘author’, ‘page-attributes’, ‘thumbnail’,‘
   comments’ ) );

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-and-syntax-error-php-newbie/#post-6948019)
 * Your current theme “virtue_premium” is likely the error.
 * To confirm, try switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Sixteen, etc.)
   for a moment using [FTP ](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients), or your web-
   host’s cPanel or whatever file management application your host provides (no 
   Dashboard access required). Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to the
   default theme by renaming your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to the
   end of the folder name. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default
   theme. That will force your site to use it.

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