Title: Parse Error pluggable.php unexpected '/'
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Parse Error pluggable.php unexpected '/'

 *  [Antbert_2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antbert_2/)
 * (@antbert_2)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-pluggablephp-unexpected/)
 * I get the following error when I try to access my website, or even my admin panel:
   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘/’, expecting case (T_CASE) or default(
   T_DEFAULT) or ‘}’ in /home/e562708/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line
   304
 * I’ve found similar errors online, but nothing the same. I didn’t receive any 
   notification telling me that WordPress had upgraded to 4.0.1, but it might have.
   Either way, I have no access to my admin panel so I assume I’ll have to do this
   through the control panel, but I have no idea what to do.
 * I last accessed the site about 3 days ago, had no issues and haven’t changed 
   anything.
 * I’m assuming a problem with an incompatible plugin? But how would I go about 
   fixing that with no access to the dashboard?
 * Thank you.

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 *  [Dan Russell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrussell/)
 * (@danrussell)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-pluggablephp-unexpected/#post-5504109)
 * Hello 🙂
 * Not sure if it happens due to WordPress version upgrade.
    It looks issue with
   the file /home/e562708/public_html/wp-includes/pluggable.php on line 304
 * try editing the file using FTP or File manager, go to line 304 and check if there
   is any additional ‘/’ was added.
 *  [Dan Russell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrussell/)
 * (@danrussell)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-pluggablephp-unexpected/#post-5504110)
 * U can refer
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-wordpress-401-and-shortcodes?replies=1](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/issues-with-wordpress-401-and-shortcodes?replies=1)
 *  Thread Starter [Antbert_2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antbert_2/)
 * (@antbert_2)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-pluggablephp-unexpected/#post-5504119)
 * Thank you for your reply! It appears the issue was that the update deleted a 
   huge section of pluggable.php, which may relate to that shortcode link. Either
   way, it’s something I’ll bear in mind if any other issues happen after this upgrade.
   I restored the original pluggable file and it’s working fine now.
 * If anyone else is having this issue, apparently the updating may not yet be complete,
   so it’s worth waiting until tomorrow before blindly panicking (like I did).
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-pluggablephp-unexpected/#post-5504121)
 * The update should be complete within 30 seconds or not at all. If you got an 
   incomplete update, then I advise getting a fresh copy of the WordPress 4.0.1 
   zip file from here, and making certain that all the files on your install are
   fresh and new.
 *  [Dan Russell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danrussell/)
 * (@danrussell)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-pluggablephp-unexpected/#post-5504125)
 * Instead of full replace of the wordpress using 4.0.1 zip, you can simply replace
   the wp-includes folder.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-pluggablephp-unexpected/#post-5504173)
 * It is better to replace everything, as if one file was broken, it’s uncertain
   what other files may be broken as well. Additionally, it might not have been 
   WordPress that performed the upgrade, but some process from the hosting service,
   which means that more than just files in wp-includes may be affected.

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 * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/)
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 * [wordpress upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-upgrade/)

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 * Last reply from: [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-pluggablephp-unexpected/#post-5504173)
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