Title: Parse error on archive.php file!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error on archive.php file!

 *  [bekanator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bekanator/)
 * (@bekanator)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-archivephp-file/)
 * I’m trying to set up an archive for my website. I used the tutorial at [this link](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_an_Archive_Index)
   and all seems to be working well on the archives page that I set up:
 * [http://rebeccajoneshowe.com/?page_id=181](http://rebeccajoneshowe.com/?page_id=181)
 * However, when I click on a link to access the monthy or category archives, I 
   get this message:
 * **Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘>’ in /home/ressiemo/public_html/wp-
   content/themes/starkers/archive.php on line 1**
 * This is the code on my archive.php file:
 *     ```
       <?php<br>
   
       /**<br>
   
        * Template Name: Archives Template<br>
   
        * Description: A Page Template that lets us created a dedicated Archives page<br>
   
        *<br>
   
        * @package WordPress<br>
   
        * @subpackage Twenty_Eleven<br>
   
        * @since Twenty Eleven 1.0<br>
   
        */<br>
   
       <br>
   
       get_header(); ?><br>
   
       <br>
   
       		<div id="primary"><br>
   
       			<div id="content" role="main"><br>
   
                                 <br>
   
       		          <h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1><br>
   
                                 <?php the_post(); the_content();  ?><br>
   
       <br>
   
                                 <!-- The main functions of our Archives.php template will go below here --><br>
   
       <br>
   
                                   <?php get_search_form(); ?><br>
   
       		<br>
   
       		            <h2>Archives by Month:</h2><br>
   
       		            <ul><br>
   
       			     <?php wp_get_archives(); ?><br>
   
       		             </ul><br>
   
       		<br>
   
       			    <h2>Archives by Subject:</h2><br>
   
       			    <ul><br>
   
       			      <?php wp_list_categories(); ?><br>
   
       		            </ul><br>
   
       <br>
   
                                 <!-- The main functions of our Archives.php template will go above here --><br>
   
       <br>
   
       			</div><!-- #content --><br>
   
       		</div><!-- #primary --><br>
   
       <br>
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * Unfortunately, I can’t seem to spot what the problem is on “line 1”, nor can 
   I find any specific information online about how to fix my specific problem.
 * Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-archivephp-file/#post-3558869)
 * If that is the code for your custom Archive page template, then it is completely
   and utterly broken. All of those `<br>` tags need to be removed. What have you
   need editing it in?
 *  Thread Starter [bekanator](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bekanator/)
 * (@bekanator)
 * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-archivephp-file/#post-3558933)
 * That was the code on the archive.php file on my site. It was never edited, as
   far as I can remember. I don’t really edit .php files because I really don’t 
   know what I’m doing when it comes to them, so if I did edit it in the past it
   was just through Notepad.
 * I tried searching the internet for a basic WordPress archive.php file, but I 
   can’t seem to find one.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-archivephp-file/#post-3558933)
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