Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING * [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/) * After trying to verify my site through Bing, by entering their code into my header. php in my themes editor, then finding out that it didn’t work, I removed the code, and only the code, and now I get “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/47/10181747/html/wp-content/themes/gitem/header.php on line 27” when I try to go to my blog. * I don’t understand what went wrong. Please help. Forrest Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/page/2/?output_format=md) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650326) * Try removing the changes you made to the header.php file. You seem to have introduced an error. * Thread Starter [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650335) * I removed the code given to me by Bing, after placing in the editor. It’s when I removed the code from the editor is when I got the error message. I’m at a total loss here. Nothing else was changed. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650338) * Grab a fresh copy of your theme, extract the header, php file and, using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients)( or whatever file management application your host provides), upload the file to the wp-content/themes/gitem folder. * Thread Starter [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650343) * I don’t mean to sound like a dummy, but how can I get a fresh copy of the theme? I tried earlier to to re-install it but cannot. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650345) * Where did you download it from in the first place? * Thread Starter [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650349) * WordPress, but it’s not giving me the option to re-install. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650351) * Do you know the name of the theme? * Thread Starter [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650354) * Gitem, You guessed right. * Thread Starter [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650361) * Would I lose my content if I used a different theme? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650370) * No – most of your content is stored in your database. The only things uou would loose are any widgets or custom menus as these are stored on a per-theme basis. So they would have to be set up again for the new theme. * You can download a fresh copy of the theme from [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/gitem](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/gitem) Once downloaded to your computer, you’d have to unpack the download and extract the header.php file to upload to your site using FTP. * Thread Starter [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650374) * Thanks a million! I’ll get right on it. * Thread Starter [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650380) * One more question. Will that automatically overwrite the current file? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650381) * In 99% of cases, yes but – just to be sure – we usually recommend that you delete the old copy of header.php just before you upload the fresh copy. * Thread Starter [ffinch815](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ffinch815/) * (@ffinch815) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650382) * Thanks again. You’ve been a great help. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/#post-3650385) * No problem 🙂 Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 22 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [Parse error: syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error-syntax-error/) * [unexpected T_STRING](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/unexpected-t_string/) * 22 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-t_string-38/page/2/#post-3650468) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics