Title: Parse error
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Parse error

 *  Resolved [triad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/triad/)
 * (@triad)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urgent-parse-error-2/)
 * _[“URGENT — PARSE ERROR” modified – please do not yell here]_
 * Hi,
 * I was editing the code in the backend of my wordpress site when everything went
   white and I received this error message:
 *  Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in /data/21/2/107/33/2759685/user/
   3033924/htdocs/wordpress1/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php on line
   615
 * Please advise on how to correct!!
 * Thank you,

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 *  Thread Starter [triad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/triad/)
 * (@triad)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urgent-parse-error-2/#post-4340896)
 * BTW – I was editing the theme-editor.php when this happened. I’m not even sure
   what I deleted and of course this was the 1 time I didn’t backup the file…
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urgent-parse-error-2/#post-4340904)
 * Download a new copy of the theme to your local computer from here:
 * [http://wordpress.org/themes/twentyeleven](http://wordpress.org/themes/twentyeleven)
 * Then using FTP or Cpanel replace that file on the server. If you don’t know how
   to use FTP or Cpanel, ask your hosting company for help with that.
 *  Thread Starter [triad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/triad/)
 * (@triad)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urgent-parse-error-2/#post-4340906)
 * Will I loose all my content?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urgent-parse-error-2/#post-4340909)
 * No – your content is in the database. But you also should not be modifying theme
   files – as those changes will be lost when WP is updated. Instead create a child
   theme
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes)
 *  Thread Starter [triad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/triad/)
 * (@triad)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urgent-parse-error-2/#post-4341032)
 * Thank you!!
 * My hosting company was able to restore everything for me.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/urgent-parse-error-2/#post-4341032)
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