Title: Error in index.php?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Error in index.php?

 *  [Sigmund0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sigmund0/)
 * (@sigmund0)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-indexphp-1/)
 * I cn’t open my site. Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING,
   expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in /customers/6/d/c/keepcomingbackband.com/httpd.www/index.
   php on line 5
 * index.php line 5 reads ‘*’ as part of
    /** * Front to the WordPress application.
   This file doesn’t do anything, but loads * wp-blog-header.php which does and 
   tells WordPress to load the theme. * * [@package](https://wordpress.org/support/users/package/)
   WordPress */
 * So where can I find the error and correct it?

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-indexphp-1/#post-2773697)
 * If that file has been modified (and it should not have been) then try uploading
   a fresh copy of WordPress and upload everything except the `wp-contents` folder.
 *  Thread Starter [Sigmund0](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sigmund0/)
 * (@sigmund0)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-indexphp-1/#post-2773765)
 * Thank you. That file has not been modified as far as I know. I tried what you
   suggested anyway, but it made no difference. The site [http://www.keepcomingbackband.com/](http://www.keepcomingbackband.com/)
   just won’t open an all I get is this: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING,
   expecting ‘,’ or ‘;’ in /customers/6/d/c/keepcomingbackband.com/httpd.www/index.
   php on line 5
    Which makes no sense to me.
 *  [luckdragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luckdragon/)
 * (@luckdragon)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-indexphp-1/#post-2773773)
 * if that is exactly what your first 5 lines look like, then the problem is that
   the <?php or <? that is supposed to be on line 1 is missing

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 * [expecting](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/expecting/)
 * [index](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/index/)
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 * [t_constant_encapsed_string](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/t_constant_encapsed_string/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [luckdragon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/luckdragon/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-indexphp-1/#post-2773773)
 * Status: not resolved

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