Title: Parse/syntax error message from footer.php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Parse/syntax error message from footer.php

 *  Resolved [RaccoonChad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/raccoonchad/)
 * (@raccoonchad)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parsesyntax-error-message-from-footerphp/)
 * Hi, everyone.
 * So, I’ve been having some trouble trying to fix an issue I’m having after trying
   to add the Google Plus button to the footer PHP code. According to another forum,
   all I had to do to put the button on my page was add it to the footer of my theme,
   before the </body> tag.
 * After doing that and refreshing my website, I couldn’t find the button. So, I
   went back and deleted what I thought I pasted. Now, I get this error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/content/42/11323842/html/wp-
   content/themes/customizr/parts/class-footer-footer_main.php on line 218
 * You can find the code that I tried to put the button, here: [http://pastebin.com/9GQLJ9un](http://pastebin.com/9GQLJ9un)
 * I’m not very savvy with PHP or any coding at that, so please explain what I’ve
   done wrong as plainly as possible.
 * Thank you in advance and please let me know if you need any more information.

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 * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/)
 * [theme error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/theme-error/)

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parsesyntax-error-message-from-footerphp/)
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