Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '

 *  Resolved [nataliepw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nataliepw/)
 * (@nataliepw)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-51/)
 * Hey,
 * First off I just need to say I’m a beginner at this, so thanks in advance for
   your suggestions, but please make them easy to understand and detailed!
 * So I was attempting to change something within the child file I’ve installed 
   on my website. Instructions were to copy and paste a template from the parent
   to the child and then alter one of the numbers whilst in the style.css area. 
   It did not work so I tried it in the funtion.php (I think that’s what it was 
   called?). I know I should not have tampered but now I can’t access my website
   or my dashboard. I get this error message, ‘Parse error: syntax error, unexpected‘
   <‘ in /hermes/bosweb/web274/b2743/ipg.doyouwantcorianderwi/wp-content/themes/
   oxygen-child/functions.php on line 19’.
 * I now can’t access any page of my website, nor can I access my dashboard/login
   for wordpress.
 * It is for the website [http://www.doyouwantcorianderwiththat.com](http://www.doyouwantcorianderwiththat.com)(
   not that you can view anything except the error message)
 * Please help!
 * Natalie

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 *  Thread Starter [nataliepw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nataliepw/)
 * (@nataliepw)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-51/#post-2807999)
 * I figured it out.
 * Just deleted the child theme with the file access program and reloaded it.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-51/#post-2807999)
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