Title: Parse error: syntax error PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!

 *  Resolved [jadermeister](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadermeister/)
 * (@jadermeister)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-please-help-3/)
 * Hello,
 * I hope somone can help me, because i am freaking OUT!!
    I am very very VERY new
   to HTML and followed a tutorial to hide the “posted on date” that came up on 
   my posts. However, now i get this : **Parse error**: syntax error, unexpected
   $end in **/home/jadelor/domains/canelaevents.nl/public_html/wp-content/themes/
   twentyeleven/functions.php** on line 583
 * Before i changed the code in the advanced editor as the tutorial said, i copy
   and pasted the whole original Functions.php code just in case, but when i hit
   the BACK button, to paste the original code and click “update file” NOTHING happens?
 * Have a I completely crashed my site? or is there hope?
    [http://www.canelaevents.nl](http://www.canelaevents.nl)
   Can anyone please walk me through this.
 * Thanks in advance

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 *  [ps1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ps1/)
 * (@ps1)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-please-help-3/#post-2781707)
 * I just had this happen. I fixed it by copying the original twenty eleven functions.
   php into my custom theme folder and then re did the mods that were working. In
   my case it was just change the header image header height.
 * it worked for me with only about 3 mins downtime. Maybe someone with more knowledge
   could assist.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-please-help-3/#post-2781746)
 * > and followed a tutorial to hide the “posted on date” that came up on my posts.
 * That wasn’t a very good tutorial, they should have said “[create a child theme](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
   and put this in the `functions.php` file.” 😉
 * As ps1 said, use FTP or whatever file management tools your host has provided
   you, download a fresh copy of Twenty Eleven and extract the original `functions.
   php` file into your `wp-content/themes/twentyeleven` directory.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyeleven](http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentyeleven)
 *  [Usubba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/usubba/)
 * (@usubba)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-please-help-3/#post-2781749)
 * no need to worry a parse error occurs when there is n extra comma or any syntax
   errors can you paste the line 583 in your fuctions.php i shall rectify it.
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-please-help-3/#post-2781750)
 * I know I sound like a broken record (hey, it is my favorite feature) but never,
   ever, ever modify the `twentyeleven/functons.php` file.
 * Create a child theme instead. You’ll be glad you did when Twenty Eleven gets 
   an update.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 * >  can you paste the line 583 in your fuctions.php
 * Make sure not to paste the whole thing, you’ll run afoul of [the posting code rule](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Posting_Code).
 * Please use [pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com/) if you want to post more than
   ten lines.
 *  Thread Starter [jadermeister](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jadermeister/)
 * (@jadermeister)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-please-help-3/#post-2781783)
 * Well i learned my lesson folks!!!
    thanks for all the suggestions! a dear loved
   one re edited the files for me…. note to self DONT TOUCH ANYTHING
 * :p
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-please-help-3/#post-2781784)
 * > DONT TOUCH ANYTHING
 * How can you learn if you don’t touch.
 * As long as you backup your database regularly and backup any themes files that
   you want to edit _before_ you start, you’ll find that there’s always a way to
   roll back your changes. Tinkering is a great way to learn. And we all bring sites
   down occasionally. The important thing is knowing what to do when that happens.
   🙂

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