Title: Parse Error Issue
Last modified: April 13, 2020

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# Parse Error Issue

 *  [elephadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elephadmin/)
 * (@elephadmin)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-issue-2/)
 * I am receiving the following error in my child’s theme:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ” (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE), expecting‘-‘
   or identifier (T_STRING) or variable (T_VARIABLE) or number (T_NUM_STRING) in/
   home/elepha33/public_html/wp-content/themes/skt-white-child/functions.php on 
   line 21
 * I corrected the error in the child’s functions.php and the now site runs successfully.
   However I was still receiving the parse error when trying to edit the child’s
   functions.php using Theme Editor (even though the error had already been corrected).
 * So I then tried deleting the child theme and just ran on the parent’s theme. 
   Now when I try editing the parent’s function.php file (not the child’s because
   it was already deleted), I still receive the same parse error. The parse error
   is showing that it is for the child’s function.php which does not exist anymore.
 * Where can I find the location of the error file to correct/remove the error flag?
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 1 month ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-issue-2/#post-12664210)
 * >> he parse error is showing that it is for the child’s function.php which does
   not exist anymore. <<
 * Are you using any caching plugin(s)? If so, clear the cache. Also, if your host
   does server level caching, clear that, oo.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-issue-2/#post-12664210)
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