Title: Syntax error – add action
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Syntax error – add action

 *  [JohnM13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnm13/)
 * (@johnm13)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-add-action/)
 * Hi. I am new to WordPress and have been fairly successful in creating a child
   theme and changing a few things around using tips I found on the various forums.
   So I thought I’d get adventurous and try my own bit of coding to add my own text
   below the “Cart Totals” area on my site. I wrote the following:
    /* Add custom
   text after the “Cart Totals” */ add_action(‘after_cart_totals’,’my_cart_text’);
   function my_cart_text() { echo ‘<p id= “mytxt”>This is my custom text.</p> } 
   When I go to the Cart page I get the following: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected”
   <p id= “mytxt”>This is my cus’ (T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE) in /home/content/p3pnexwpnas04_data03/
   46/2966846/html/wp-content/themes/storefront_child/functions.php on line 111 
   I have tried to find where the syntax error is but I can’t. I know it will be
   glaringly obvious to someone, but would some kind soul please let me know where
   I went wrong, or if indeed I’m totally on the wrong bus? Cheers.

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 *  Thread Starter [JohnM13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnm13/)
 * (@johnm13)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-add-action/#post-6838840)
 * Well I kept looking at the code and have identified 3 issues. Fixed them all 
   and now it works, so it seems I wasted some space there. Sorry about that. But
   I’d like to amend the question if I may: I can add text above “Cart Totals” or
   below the whole “Cart Totals” area, but if I want to add text DIRECTLY BELOW 
   the actual words “Cart Totals” but ABOVE the totals calculations, what changes
   do I need to make to my code? Cheers again.

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 * [cart totals](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cart-totals/)
 * [syntax error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/syntax-error/)

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-add-action/#post-6838840)
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