I’ve removed your giant paste. Please use pastebin.com or gist.github.com and put the link to that paste here. However, as wp-includes/load.php is a core wordpress file, restore it from a fresh download of WordPress.
Thank you, sorry for that. @sterndata I have just done that but I’m still getting the same error. The last thing I did on the site was add a page which I viewed and then closed my browser, everything was fine. Now nothing, just this error and I can’t get anything back 🙁
Have you edited any .PHP files, either via FTP download/upload or under Appearance->Editor?
When I try and access a different page from my browser history, I’m getting a different error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/soothingsoul.co.uk/public_html/wp-admin/widgets.php on line 51
Again, have you modified ANY files on your site — not post content but files?
No, not at all. The above error was when I tried to access the Widgets page. I received the error below when I tried to go back to a page edit:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/soothingsoul.co.uk/public_html/wp-admin/edit.php on line 167
I think you need to replace your WordPress files:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update
So why are they going bad? It could be that you’ve been hacked. Once you get the site up and working again, install the WordFence plugin and run a scan.
Thank you, I’ll have a look. I’ve asked my hosting to investigate why it is running slowly and then this happened….
Thank you, I’ll have a look. I’ve asked my hosting to investigate why it is running slowly and then this happened….
I’ll give that a go. Thank you.
Not one…definitely, I can categorically say, not one.
Done that now, following those instructions but the same problem.
Trying to access the homepage I get:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/soothingsoul.co.uk/public_html/wp-includes/load.php on line 1073
Trying to access wp-admin I get:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_OBJECT_OPERATOR in /home/cluster-sites/1/s/soothingsoul.co.uk/public_html/wp-admin/index.php on line 112
What PHP version and flavor are you running? FastCGI 5.6, for example?
Hi @ipstenu
It looks like I’m running 5.4.
Any chance of upgrading to 5.6 or maybe even 7? It’s POSSIBLE you’re hitting a weird issue with your build of PHP. Some hosts make it easy to change.
I could only go up to 5.5 but that’s fixed it! I’m going to give my hosting company such a *****
Thank you so much!
