Title: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘function’ (T_FUNCTION)
Last modified: February 10, 2017

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# Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘function’ (T_FUNCTION)

 *  Resolved [joycecrls](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joycecrls/)
 * (@joycecrls)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-function-t_function-2/)
 * I encountered this before, so I know how to access my website files offline using
   FileZilla. I got an error on line 11, so I fixed it by replacing everything to
   its original settings.
 * But I ended up with this new one instead and I don’t know how to fix it. What
   exactly is the function thing about? Please help!
 * Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘function’ (T_FUNCTION) in /home2/joycecrl/
   public_html/wp-content/themes/edge/inc/footer-details.php on line 1
    -  This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by [joycecrls](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joycecrls/).

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-function-t_function-2/#post-8788404)
 * Your “edge” theme seems to be the error.
 * To confirm, try switching to the unedited default Theme (Twenty Sixteen.) using
   [FTP/ SFTP ](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients), or your web-host’s cPanel
   or whatever file management application your host provides (no Dashboard access
   required). Navigate to /wp-content/themes/ and switch to the default theme by
   renaming your current theme’s folder by adding “-old” to the end of the folder
   name. Alternately, you can remove other themes except the default theme (Twenty
   Sixteen.). That will force your site to use it.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-function-t_function-2/#post-8788404)
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