Title: Syntax error unexpected
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Syntax error unexpected

 *  Resolved [hkoster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hkoster/)
 * (@hkoster)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-2/)
 * Dear WordPress,
 * I tried to change the code to include a video in the custom header in and I received
   the following message Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /var/www/vhosts/
   trndmrkr.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/renkon/inc/custom-header.php on line 
   12.
 * After this tried to change back to the original code again (and save the original
   code), but I keep getting the error message.Further more I cannot log in to the
   dashboard and it seems the e-mail linked to my site (info@trndmrkr.com) does 
   not respond either.
 * Can anyone please help me?
    My site is [http://www.trndmrkr.com](http://www.trndmrkr.com)
   Thank you in advance!

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 *  [Shaun Scovil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sscovil/)
 * (@sscovil)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-2/#post-3922667)
 * Best to never edit your theme files from **WP-Admin > Appearance > Editor**. 
   If you do that and you make a mistake, you will not be able to access the admin
   area.
 * You’ll want to edit your theme files via FTP or (if your web host has it) the**
   cPanel > File Manager**. Do that and you can fix your mistake, then you will 
   be able to access the admin area again.
 * The error you were getting was probably caused by putting HTML inside of PHP 
   tags, like this:
 *     ```
       <?php
           // some PHP code
   
           <img src="//example.com/my-image.png" />
   
           // more PHP code
       ?>
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [hkoster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hkoster/)
 * (@hkoster)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-2/#post-3922688)
 * Hi Shaun, thanks I’ll solve it on the FTP!

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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [hkoster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hkoster/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntax-error-unexpected-2/#post-3922688)
 * Status: resolved

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