Title: Parse error unexpected T_String in functions.php
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Parse error unexpected T_String in functions.php

 *  Resolved [somedayatatime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somedayatatime/)
 * (@somedayatatime)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-unexpected-t_string-in-functionsphp/)
 * oh my gosh…please help!! I’m trying to follow this tutorial [http://www.carriedils.com/widget-area-above-header-genesis/](http://www.carriedils.com/widget-area-above-header-genesis/)
   and when I added the first part of the code to my functions.php file I got this
   message and now nothing on my site will load
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected‘
   Bar’ (T_STRING) in /home/healar2/somedayatatime.com/wp-content/themes/modernbloggerpro/
   functions.php on line 196
 * line 196 according to notepad++ is
 * `‘name’ => __( ‘Utility Bar Left’, ‘theme-prefix’ ),`

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 *  [CPC Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homergz/)
 * (@homergz)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-unexpected-t_string-in-functionsphp/#post-6995954)
 * Try:
 * `'name' => __( 'Utility Bar Left', 'theme-prefix' ),`
 * Note that the above replaced the curly quotes. You will need to do this for the
   rest of the code you pasted in your functions.php file.
 *  Thread Starter [somedayatatime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/somedayatatime/)
 * (@somedayatatime)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-unexpected-t_string-in-functionsphp/#post-6996058)
 * Thanks, that was the problem!

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