Title: site down – php error??
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# site down – php error??

 *  [phillipjcarlin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/phillipjcarlin/)
 * (@phillipjcarlin)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-down-php-error/)
 * I can’t seem to get onto our site at the moment, I’ve contacted the hosting company
   and they came back with the following:
 * ‘This looks like an incompatibility with the new version of php. It appears to
   be a problem with your theme. You might check to see if there is a fix or new
   update for your theme. I have pasted the error message below.’
 * [01-Apr-2014 18:33:27 UTC] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /
   home/veryche1/public_html/wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/functions.php on line
   525
 * I am unable to get into the dashboard to look into this, can anyone help?
 * Thanks,
 * Phill.
 * The blog I need help with is very

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 *  [jskins2000](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jskins2000/)
 * (@jskins2000)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-down-php-error/#post-4767739)
 * Did you ever get an answer to this? M y site it down for the same reason.

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 * [Twenty Fourteen](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/twenty-fourteen/)
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 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-down-php-error/#post-4767739)
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