what does this syntax error message mean?

  • drawn-association

    (@drawn-association)


    16 years, 9 months ago

    I tried to copy and paste some code from a website – trying to add a favicon.
    my site is not working now and my admin come out with the following message:

    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in /home/content/04/4807104/html/wp-content/themes/autofocus/functions.php on line 731

    how can i fix this?

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  • Andy Christian

    (@stdestiny)

    16 years, 9 months ago

    there was probably an error in the code that you pasted into functions.php you may need to add a backslash (“\”) before the “<” to fix it, or try reinserting the code.

    Thread Starter drawn-association

    (@drawn-association)

    16 years, 9 months ago

    Thanks STDestiny –
    However – I can’t get into the Editor to change the code now.

    Can’t get into appearance/editor, or into XML-Sitemap…

    Any ideas of How do I fix that if I can’t get into the code?

    Andy Christian

    (@stdestiny)

    16 years, 9 months ago

    do you have ftp access to your site? you can download that particular file from your server, edit it on your computer, then reupload it.

    Thread Starter drawn-association

    (@drawn-association)

    16 years, 9 months ago

    Yes, and YES! this fixed the problem! Huge thanks to you STDestiny!

    1/went to the FTP site
    2/chose from the directory the offending error file,
    3/backdated it by one day [using History] and
    4/saved with a ‘1’ at the end.
    5/went back to current files, renamed the error file with a ‘2’.
    6/renamed the ‘1’ file by deleting the ‘1’.

    7/ error disappeared, and site is back up and running.

    Bless You!

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