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

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected

 *  Resolved [mcstarr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcstarr/)
 * (@mcstarr)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/)
 * Please help! I was just making a small edit to the code for the “Theme Functions”
   in a Pinboard theme, and when I hit save, I got this message:
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘)’ in /home/content/60/6360360/html/lovinghealthnow/
   wp-content/themes/pinboard/functions.php on line 53
 * I can no longer sign in to the back-end of the site or make any edits. Eek! Is
   everything lost?
 * The site is lovinghealthnow.com

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 *  [Praveen a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spraveenitpro/)
 * (@spraveenitpro)
 * Automattic Happiness Engineer
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891219)
 * So you have entered an extra ‘)’ in line 53 of the pinboard theme that is causing
   the error. can you paste that line here.
 *  Thread Starter [mcstarr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcstarr/)
 * (@mcstarr)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891225)
 * Hi! Thanks for your response! Sadly, I can’t paste the line here because I cannot
   even login to the WP admin for my site! Is there any other way to login and edit
   the code if I cannot login through WP?
 * I’m new to wordpress and shouldn’t have been messing with the code, but I was…
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891226)
 * Re-upload a fresh, unpacked, copy of the theme’s folder to wp-content/themes 
   using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   application your host provides.
    [http://wordpress.org/themes/pinboard](http://wordpress.org/themes/pinboard)
 *  Thread Starter [mcstarr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcstarr/)
 * (@mcstarr)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891253)
 * do you mean upload this file to godaddy (my hosting service)? sorry if i sound
   like an idiot, but i’m obviously in over my head…
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891255)
 * > do you mean upload this file to godaddy
 * Yes.
 *  Thread Starter [mcstarr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcstarr/)
 * (@mcstarr)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891269)
 * thanks, esmi, i did this, but i still cannot login to my wp admin…did i miss 
   a step?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891271)
 * Where did you upload the theme’s folder to?
 *  Thread Starter [mcstarr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcstarr/)
 * (@mcstarr)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891273)
 * i uploaded it to the file manager for my site…
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891274)
 * Where did you upload it **to**?
 *  Thread Starter [mcstarr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcstarr/)
 * (@mcstarr)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-118/#post-4891276)
 * nevermind! i figured it out! thank you SO much for your help 🙂

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