Title: Parse error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Parse error

 *  [hframz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hframz/)
 * (@hframz)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-240/)
 * Hi guys, I am sweating bullets right now. I’m a WP noob and have spent the past
   few days learning the ropes and tinkering with twentytwelve. I was going through
   the forums and various websites trying to figure out how to get a logo into the
   header, when I found a plugin that I thought might help. I followed its instructions,
   including adding
    `<?php if(function_exists('chi_display_header')) { chi_display_header();}?
   >`
 * to functions.php. When I tried to click Update file, I got the following error:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/cfsnadmin/new.cafarmtoschool.
   org/wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/functions.php on line 511
 * And then I removed the code from functions.php, and it’s still saying it. I can’t
   access the website at all.
 * Please help–I can’t figure out how to go back to normal!
 * [Pastebin link to functions.php.](http://pastebin.com/5kD1nhyC)
 * Thank you.

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 *  [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zenation/)
 * (@zenation)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-240/#post-4604171)
 * Try again without the PHP opening tag `<?php` and without the PHP closing tag`?
   >` So basically just
 * `if(function_exists('chi_display_header')) { chi_display_header(); }`

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 * Last reply from: [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zenation/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-240/#post-4604171)
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