Title: Functions.php
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Functions.php

 *  [ghuxel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghuxel/)
 * (@ghuxel)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-7/)
 * I was trying to edit my navigation bar following one of the WordPress books. 
   I selected the Theme Functions (functions.php) and added a new line – add_theme_support(‘
   nav-menus’ ); – and I got this error message:
 * parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting T_VARIABLE or T_DOLLAR_OPEN_CURLY_BRACES
   or T_CURLY_OPEN in /home/content/05/9388605/html/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/
   functions.php on line 453
 * So now whenever I try to log in onto my site, I get the error message and cannot
   get back on the site. Any suggestions? Are these older WordPress books completely
   out of date with upgrades to WordPress?
 * Gary

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 *  [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/)
 * (@paulwp)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-7/#post-3838258)
 * > I get the error message and cannot get back on the site. Any suggestions?
 * Connect to the server via cPanel or FTP and delete that part out, or better yet
   replace the `functions.php` with the original.
 * > Are these older WordPress books completely out of date with upgrades to WordPress?
 * This issue has nothing to do with outdate codes, it’s just the syntax error due
   to a mismatched or an extra or missing curly brace.
 *  Thread Starter [ghuxel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghuxel/)
 * (@ghuxel)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-7/#post-3838263)
 * Thanx,
    I used the line add_theme_support( ‘nav-menus’); The error did mention
   curly braces but the book does not mention these. Are they necessary here, if
   so then is {add_theme_support( ‘nav-menus’)}; correct?
 *  [paulwpxp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulwp/)
 * (@paulwp)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionsphp-7/#post-3838266)
 * That’s not correct. `add_theme_support()` is a function, why would you wrap it
   in the braces ? That’s not how curly braces are for.
 * Review Nav menus codex
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus](http://codex.wordpress.org/Navigation_Menus)
 * See how it’s done in real working theme like TwentyTwelve for example.

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