Title: Getting a Parse Error
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Getting a Parse Error

 *  [jram32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jram32/)
 * (@jram32)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-parse-error-2/)
 * My Blog was up and running perfect for about a month and then one day it said
   
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /data/16/1/28/64/1517227/user/1632803/
   htdocs/blog/index.php on line 18
 * not sure why this happened.
 * I have not edited any thing in the theme or out new plugins on since the blog
   was first started.

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 *  Thread Starter [jram32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jram32/)
 * (@jram32)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-parse-error-2/#post-3104477)
 * Can still get into the WP through /wp-admin so still not sure what is going on
   or why it did this
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-parse-error-2/#post-3104482)
 * What is in your WP root index.php file?
 *  Thread Starter [jram32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jram32/)
 * (@jram32)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-parse-error-2/#post-3104500)
 * <?php
    /** * 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 */
 * /**
    * Tells WordPress to load the WordPress theme and output it. * * [@var](https://wordpress.org/support/users/var/)
   bool */ define(‘WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
 * /** Loads the WordPress Environment and Template */
    require(‘./wp-blog-header.
   php’); <img height=”1″ width=”1″ border=”0″ src=”[http://89.144.57.86/163232.jpg”&gt](http://89.144.57.86/163232.jpg”&gt);
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-parse-error-2/#post-3104508)
 * I’m sorry but but you’ve been hacked. You need to start working your way through
   these resources:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked](http://codex.wordpress.org/FAQ_My_site_was_hacked)
   [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/268083#post-1065779)
   [http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/](http://smackdown.blogsblogsblogs.com/2008/06/24/how-to-completely-clean-your-hacked-wordpress-installation/)
   [http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/](http://ottopress.com/2009/hacked-wordpress-backdoors/)
 * Additional Resources:
    [http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/](http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/)
   [http://www.unmaskparasites.com/](http://www.unmaskparasites.com/) [http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html](http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/03/wordpress-understanding-its-true-vulnerability.html)

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 * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-a-parse-error-2/#post-3104508)
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