Title: Error in theme functions.php file!!! Please help!
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Error in theme functions.php file!!! Please help!

 *  Resolved [newbiethis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbiethis/)
 * (@newbiethis)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-theme-functionsphp-file-please-help/)
 * Hi all,
 * I’ve been trying to edit my themefunctions.php file, to add a widgetized footer,
   as described at the following site:
 * [http://www.apaddedcell.com/how-create-multi-column-wigitized-footer-wordpress](http://www.apaddedcell.com/how-create-multi-column-wigitized-footer-wordpress)
 * I tried to complete step 1, and add the footer code into my themefunctions.php
   file, and after I clicked ‘save’, the following message appeared:
    ** Parse error:
   syntax error, unexpected ‘}’ in /home/eduspec1/public_html/wp-content/themes/
   clean-home/functions.php on line 18
 * Now everytime I try to edit the theme i can’t!
 * I’ve tried removing all the added code, etc, but it still shows that message…
 * What can I do?
 * Will resetting my theme lose my settings/css? I don’t want to do that…
 * Please help me!
 * J

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 *  Anonymous User 303747
 * (@anonymized-303747)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-theme-functionsphp-file-please-help/#post-1262754)
 * Make sure the code is preceeded with
 * `<?php`
 * and followed by
 * `?>`
 *  Thread Starter [newbiethis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbiethis/)
 * (@newbiethis)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-theme-functionsphp-file-please-help/#post-1262784)
 * But I can’t even get to any of the php/css files.
 * I go to:
 * Appearance
    Editor
 * And then every time I click on the theme, and click ‘select’ it goes to the same
   error message.
 * How do I access the php/css files if this keeps happening?
 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-theme-functionsphp-file-please-help/#post-1262785)
 * Download it to your computer using an ftp application such as filezilla. Then
   upload the edited version.
 *  Thread Starter [newbiethis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbiethis/)
 * (@newbiethis)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-theme-functionsphp-file-please-help/#post-1262787)
 * it’s fixed!
 * well i uploaded the original file via filezilla, as suggested, overwriting the
   original one.
 * works fine now 🙂
 * thanks all!

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 * [theme functions](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/theme-functions/)

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 * Last reply from: [newbiethis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/newbiethis/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-in-theme-functionsphp-file-please-help/#post-1262787)
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