Title: Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘?’ Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘?’ * [coachguerci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coachguerci/) * (@coachguerci) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-3/) * Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘?’ is the error I keep getting. Can someone figure what’s wrong? It happened when I upgraded a plugin. * Any thoughts? * The following is the full error message followed by the index.php code Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘?’ in /home/content/g/u/e/guerci/html/ELATeacher/ index.php on line 18 * * *
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* > Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [GrandSlambert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/grandslambert/) * (@grandslambert) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-3/#post-976591) * The problem may be the last bit of code: * ``` > ``` * See how after the “get_footer” call it doesn’t close the PHP correctly? * Should be * ``` ``` * [UseShots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/useshots/) * (@useshots) * [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-3/#post-976817) * It’s not an HTML issue. It’s a security issue. * This hidden _litetopfindworld_ iframe is a malicious one [http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=litetopfindworld.cn](http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=litetopfindworld.cn) * [@coachguerci](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coachguerci/): Your site has been hacked! You should remove this iframe and investigate how it got there. Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Parse error: parse error, unexpected ‘?’’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 2 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [UseShots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/useshots/) * Last activity: [17 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-parse-error-unexpected-3/#post-976817) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics