Title: Editor Error
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Editor Error

 *  [ndreva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ndreva/)
 * (@ndreva)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-error-4/)
 * Hi,
    I tried to make a change to the functions.php via editor but I got a very
   strange parse error. Then I tried to restore the previous code , either by copying
   from an original file, but the error persist and I can not access any other items
   in the wp menu. How can I restore the initial theme? Thanks, Andrea

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 *  Thread Starter [ndreva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ndreva/)
 * (@ndreva)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-error-4/#post-7492517)
 * _Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /web/htdocs/www.lucaadamophoto.
   com/home/wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/functions.php on line 426_
 * That’s the error (moreover i have less then 426 lines in my code).
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-error-4/#post-7492546)
 * Pardon me for rubbing salt in the wound, but NEVER EVER edit php code through
   appearance->editor. If you make a mistake, you blow up your site. Download the
   file via FTP, make a pre-edit copy, edit, upload. If you blow it up, either fix
   or replace with the pre-edit copy.
 * Also, if you wanted to edit twentysixteen, you should have created a child-theme
   because the next time twentysixteen is updated, all your changes will be blown
   away.
 * So, what do you do now? Since it seems you may not have correctly repaired the
   edited file, it’s time to start over.
 * Get a clean copy of twentysixteen from [https://wordpress.org/themes/twentysixteen/](https://wordpress.org/themes/twentysixteen/),
   unzip it, and upload it via FTP over what’s already in wp-content/themes/twentysixteen.

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

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 * Last reply from: [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-error-4/#post-7492546)
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