Title: Parse Error (in a php file)
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Parse Error (in a php file)

 *  [Familyequality](https://wordpress.org/support/users/familyequality/)
 * (@familyequality)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-in-a-php-file/)
 * Hi,
 * Our blog has gone offline without anyone editing it or posting anything. The 
   site is [http://www.equalfamily.org](http://www.equalfamily.org) and the error
   is “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/content/d/a/v/davidperryjac/
   html/blog/wp-includes/default-filters.php on line 229”. I looked in the php file
   and it has only 159 lines. I have no experience in PHP – does anyone know what
   this error means/how I can fix it?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-in-a-php-file/#post-1656801)
 * Try re-uploading the wp-admin and wp-includes folders from a **fresh** download
   of your version of WordPress

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