Title: Syntax error . . . locking me out
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Syntax error . . . locking me out

 *  [Jennifer Suchey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suchey/)
 * (@suchey)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-syntax-error-locking-me-out/)
 * I placed */ in my code in functions.php and got an error. I went back by hitting
   the arrow “back” key, and delete what I had entered, but I still get this error.
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘*’, expecting ‘{‘ in /home3/suchey/public_html/
   wp-content/themes/pinboard/functions.php on line 1279
 * I copied and pasted what was currently there into another document to save it,
   and went to my downloaded folder for my theme on my computer. I found the functions.
   php section, triple checked it was the exact html I needed, and copied and pasted
   it into my CSS so it would be the exact default info. It still did not work.
 * When I open another window and try to go to my website [http://blissfulmiss.com](http://blissfulmiss.com),
   I get the error and am locked out. Yet I still have a separate window open where
   I can make changes to functions.php. I’m wondering, though, that once I created
   that error, there is no fixing it this way.

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 *  [Robin W](https://wordpress.org/support/users/robin-w/)
 * (@robin-w)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-syntax-error-locking-me-out/#post-3840022)
 * can you post the bit of code that it is having problems with – 5 lines before
   and after 1279 (inc 1279) should do. it will be a simple syntax error !
 *  [Krishna](https://wordpress.org/support/users/1nexus/)
 * (@1nexus)
 * [12 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-syntax-error-locking-me-out/#post-3840024)
 * Replace your theme with a fresh download of it and see if it solves the problem.
   Use FTP/ your hosting control panel to replace the theme.
 *  Thread Starter [Jennifer Suchey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suchey/)
 * (@suchey)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-syntax-error-locking-me-out/#post-3840190)
 * Thanks Krishma. That’s what I ended up doing. It took some doing, but I got ‘
   er done. 😉

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Jennifer Suchey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suchey/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-syntax-error-locking-me-out/#post-3840190)
 * Status: not resolved

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