Title: How to Parse Error? Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # How to Parse Error? * [innovatist](https://wordpress.org/support/users/innovatist/) * (@innovatist) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-parse-error/) * Whenever I try to login to my site now I get this message: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/gabe_audick/iamgabeaudick.com/wp-content/themes/ autofocus/functions.php on line 464 * I just started learning php/wordpress today. Can you explain where to go and how to fix this? Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total) * [Denzel Chia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/denzel_chia/) * (@denzel_chia) * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-parse-error/#post-1151814) * Use your ftp program to get into the back end of you site. * I guess your autofocus theme is a free one. Download a new copy to your desktop unzip it and ftp the function.php to replace the one on your server. All functions you set will be gone. You theme files are under /wp-content/themes/autofocus/ * If you got a web editor, like dreamweaver. You can ftp a copy of function.php from your theme in the server to your desktop. Open it up and go to line 464 of function.php * It is probably syntax error, probably you accidentally deleted something when modifying. ‘<‘ could be ‘