Title: Parse Error – Website Down
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Parse Error – Website Down

 *  Resolved [ash19leigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ash19leigh/)
 * (@ash19leigh)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-website-down/)
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘*’ in /home4/ab71046/public_html/wp-config.
   php on line 74
 * My website is completely down with a white page appearing and this error above
   appearing.
 * I checked the wp_config file, and on line 72 is:
 * define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);
 * Why would this be causing a problem?

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-website-down/#post-6632864)
 * A syntax error indicates that you may have made a mistake while creating your
   PHP structure. When this error appears it will tell you which file the error 
   appears in (e.g., functions.php) and approximately which line (it may not always
   be the exact line so be sure to check just before and just after) in the code.
 * Try:
    – fix PHP structure in the file around the line indicated in the error 
   message – or, upload a fresh copy (unedited) of this file – or, upload a fresh
   copy of your theme. If you immediately need to get in the dashboard, you can 
   switch to the default theme by renaming your currently active theme’s folder 
   inside /wp-content/themes/ and adding “-old” to the end of the folder name using
   FTP or SFTP or any whatever file management application your host provides.
 *  Thread Starter [ash19leigh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ash19leigh/)
 * (@ash19leigh)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-website-down/#post-6632899)
 * Hi Tara
 * Thank you very much for replying to me, the error turned out to be that there
   was a \ missing before the * here:
 * /* For developers: WordPress debugging mode.
 * I’m not sure how this happened as I have never edited this, away to have a google
   to find out how this changed itself! 🙂
 * Thanks again for your help.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [10 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-website-down/#post-6632936)
 * you are welcome 🙂

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