Title: "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected" – help please!?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected" – help please!?

 *  Resolved [owlorfox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/owlorfox/)
 * (@owlorfox)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-help-please/)
 * Hi there,
 * I just yesterday paid for a HostGator account, and set up WordPress to start 
   a blog. I installed a theme, and then decided to play around with it a little,
   and I guess it was more complicated that I was used to coming from Blogger.
 * I did something and this appeared:
 * >  Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home2/owlorfox/public_html/wp-
   > content/themes/boldr-lite/functions.php on line 233
 * I do not know how to fix this. My browser is still viewing the theme stylesheet
   but I cannot click anything else to reinstall the theme and maybe fix it. Everything
   I select to goes to that error, including an attempt to log back in from scratch.
 * Any help on how to fix this would be great, I am new to this so please feel free
   to give it to me in simple terms! I just want it all to go back to default!
 * Thanks in advance,
 * – A

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-help-please/#post-3943981)
 * Try switching to the default theme by deleting the wp-content/themes/boldr-lite
   folder using [FTP](http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients) or whatever file management
   application your host provides.
 *  Thread Starter [owlorfox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/owlorfox/)
 * (@owlorfox)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-help-please/#post-3944026)
 * Struggled with finding the folder using FTP as I am very new to web hosting etc.
   HostGator actually just gave me a curtousy call so I took the chance to ask and
   he said since it’s new to just delete wordpress and start over. I only lost one
   post.
 * Thanks for the suggestion though!

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 * [parse-error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parse-error/)
 * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/)
 * [Unexpected](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/unexpected/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [owlorfox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/owlorfox/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-syntax-error-unexpected-help-please/#post-3944026)
 * Status: resolved

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