Title: White Screen after PHP Coding
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# White Screen after PHP Coding

 *  Resolved [yoderluke78](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoderluke78/)
 * (@yoderluke78)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-screen-after-php-coding/)
 * I am using Simple Catch. I am not an expert by any means, but I have done some
   coding over the last three months. Today, I was trying to make the Featured Image
   Slider appear on all pages, and I messed up.
 * The problem is that I overwrote this line: **&& $page_for_posts != $page_id )**
   in the simplecatchfunctions.php and now I only have access to a white screen 
   and I can’t even access my dashboard to replace the code.
 * Is there anything I can do?

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 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-screen-after-php-coding/#post-4983450)
 * You need to access your website via SSH, FTP or your hosts panel software. People
   seem most comfortable with FTP. A good client to use is FileZilla:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla](http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_FileZilla)
 * Once you’ve read that page and downloaded the software, you need to navigate 
   to your hosting environment and correct your error in that file.
 *  [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-screen-after-php-coding/#post-4983452)
 * Your host’s control panel may also have a File Manager or equivalent. If so, 
   that will be even easier.
 * The easiest way to solve this is to delete the Simple Catch theme’s folder in/
   wp-content/themes/. That will automatically revert you to the default Theme and
   WordPress will be working.
 *  [Dave Naylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpranger/)
 * (@wpranger)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-screen-after-php-coding/#post-4983453)
 * > The easiest way to solve this is to delete the Simple Catch theme’s folder 
   > in /wp-content/themes/. That will automatically revert you to the default Theme
   > and WordPress will be working.
 * Trouble is, it sounds as though the OP has edited his theme. If so, all his edits
   will be gone if the original theme is deleted.
 * It’s worth pointing out that you should never edit a file on a live website. 
   You’re absolutely asking for trouble. At the very minimum, edit a backed up copy.
 *  Thread Starter [yoderluke78](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoderluke78/)
 * (@yoderluke78)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-screen-after-php-coding/#post-4983613)
 * Dave: You’re right, I’ve heavily edited my theme, so I’d like to keep my edits.
   But I’ve downloaded Filezilla and have navigated to my site: would you have any
   idea the name of the directory the simplecatchfunctions.php would be under? I’ve
   searched but I can’t find it.
 * You’ve really helped me out so far, too!
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-screen-after-php-coding/#post-4983617)
 * You should find the functions.php file in: wp-content/themes/your_theme_name/
 *  Thread Starter [yoderluke78](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoderluke78/)
 * (@yoderluke78)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-screen-after-php-coding/#post-4983646)
 * Resolved! Thank you guys so much!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [yoderluke78](https://wordpress.org/support/users/yoderluke78/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/white-screen-after-php-coding/#post-4983646)
 * Status: resolved

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