Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '

 *  [cabett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cabett/)
 * (@cabett)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-29/)
 * I just started working on a new site, using wordpress for the first time, and
   tried to add a line of code to the the functions.php file. I’ve been getting 
   this error ever since
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home8/substit3/public_html/wp-content/
   themes/twentyten/functions.php on line 510
 * I attempted to re-upload the original functions.php file from my local drive.
   Didn’t work. I deleted the local and remote folders for the theme and then re-
   downloaded the entire Twenty Ten theme, put it in the same folder it had been(
   wp content) and uploaded via FTP to my remote site. Still getting the same error.
 * When I look at the php file in excel it doesn’t even go up to 510 lines…
 * I can tell there is not a closing ?> in the file, but that seems to be what the
   original file has, as well.
 * Any help would be greatly appreciated — I just put up my first post today 🙁

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