Title: simple problem? – /html parse error Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # simple problem? – /html parse error * [adri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adri/) * (@adri) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-problem-html-parse-error/) * When I try to upload my new template, I get a parse error on the last line of my code, which is, dramatically: /html Wtf? Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [lbessant](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lbessant/) * (@lbessant) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-problem-html-parse-error/#post-92690) * What’s on the lines immediately before that? “Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/adrienne/public_html/blog/index.php on line 158” is probably being caused by something before that actual line…. * Thread Starter [adri](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adri/) * (@adri) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-problem-html-parse-error/#post-92692) * Sorry, I’ve never done anything with php before – I used Movable Type and it all looked a lot more familiar to me. How do I tell where the actual problem is, or do I have to just keep hacking away at it? * [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * (@podz) * [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-problem-html-parse-error/#post-92719) * I would guess that the end of one of the loops is not correctly sorted out. Compare your new template with a default index.php, particularly the `` content. Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘simple problem? – /html parse error’ is closed to new replies. * 3 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Mark (podz)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/podz/) * Last activity: [21 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-problem-html-parse-error/#post-92719) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics