Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected

 *  Resolved [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/)
 * I was trying to modify the functions.php stylesheet and now no matter where I
   go i receive the message: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/
   larissaoneiros/retroblasting.com/wp-content/themes/pixel/functions.php on line
   45.
 * I pasted the working code into a word document and repasted it back in, but this
   does not fix the problem. Please help as my entire site is now broken!

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
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 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616100)
 * What’s on line 45?
 *  Thread Starter [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616103)
 * It’s blank. Should I try to delete it?
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
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 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616105)
 * No, can you copy all of the code from that file and paste it into a PasteBin 
   page: [http://pastebin.com](http://pastebin.com) – then link us that?
 *  Thread Starter [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616106)
 * This is the section starting with Line 38
    ` register_sidebar(array( ‘name’=>’
   footer_right’, ‘before_widget’ => ‘<div id=”%1$s” class=”widget %2$s”>’, ‘after_widget’
   => ‘</div>’, ‘before_title’ => ‘<h3>’, ‘after_title’ => ‘</h3>’, ));
 * add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘add_welcome_interface’);
    `
 *  Thread Starter [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616108)
 * Here is a link: [http://pastebin.com/v2CR6jrs](http://pastebin.com/v2CR6jrs)
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
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 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616113)
 * There are commas on the end of each ‘`after_title`‘ row. Those commas shouldn’t
   be there.
    E.g. this line:
 *     ```
       'after_title' => '</h3>',
       ```
   
 * Should be this line:
 *     ```
       'after_title' => '</h3>'
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616116)
 * I took them out- still no good. I didn’t really tweak that part- this is the 
   Pixel theme, don’t know if that helps. I was trying to add something to remove
   the RSS Feed from the header, and when I pasted it, it didn’t work. Now whole
   site is down. Here is the code now.
 * [http://pastebin.com/VwzbnKRE](http://pastebin.com/VwzbnKRE)
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616117)
 * Actually
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616119)
 * Where did you get your theme from?
 *  Thread Starter [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616123)
 * Also, I can no longer even log IN to my website management because I get the 
   same error. The only place I can even see behind the scenes is on the page where
   the error happened. It won’t open in a new tab, and I can’t log in from another
   computer.
 *  Thread Starter [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616125)
 * It was a free theme from wordpress called Pixel.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616129)
 * Do you know what version of the theme you’re using?
 *  Thread Starter [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616134)
 * I believe the current one, but I can’t access anything besides “Edit Themes
    
   Pixel: Theme Functions (functions.php)” page, and it doesn’t tell me what version.
 *  Thread Starter [retroblasting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retroblasting/)
 * (@retroblasting)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616138)
 * Also, site is: [http://retroblasting.com/](http://retroblasting.com/)
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-111/#post-4616143)
 * Here’s your theme’s functions.php file: [http://themes.svn.wordpress.org/pixel/2.0.2/functions.php](http://themes.svn.wordpress.org/pixel/2.0.2/functions.php)
 * Copy all of that

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