Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in...on line 573

[mcleodjeff]

Hi,

I'm a marketing guy, but our tech guy has been sick for almost a week now. All of the sudden, out of nowhere today our site went down. It is based on wordpress. When I go to the site I get: "

Error establishing a database connection

". I double checked the wp-config.php file and the username and password are correct.

I repaired the database, but that did nothing. When I go to the sign-in page for our site I get the error in the title of this post: Parse error: "

syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/bcmg/public_html/wp-content/themes/bcmg/functions.php on line 573

"

This is the funcions.php file (I've made line 573 red):

function art_menu_items()
{
global $artThemeSettings;
if (true === $artThemeSettings['menu.showHome'] && 'page' != get_option('show_on_front'))
echo '<li><a' . (is_home() ? ' class="active"' : '') . ' href="' . get_option('home') . '">'.$artThemeSettings['menu.topItemBegin']
. $artThemeSettings['menu.homeCaption'] . $artThemeSettings['menu.topItemEnd'] . '</a></li>';
add_action('get_pages', 'art_header_page_list_filter');
add_action('wp_list_pages', 'art_list_pages_filter');
wp_list_pages('title_li=&sort_column=menu_order');
remove_action('wp_list_pages', 'art_list_pages_filter');
remove_action('get_pages', 'art_header_page_list_filter');
}

add_filter('comments_template', 'legacy_comments');

function legacy_comments($file) {

if(!function_exists('wp_list_comments')) : // WP 2.7-only check

$file = TEMPLATEPATH.'/legacy.comments.php';

endif;

return $file;

} pItemEnd'] . '</a></li>';
add_action('get_pages', 'art_header_page_list_filter');
add_action('wp_list_pages', 'art_list_pages_filter');
wp_list_pages('title_li=&sort_column=menu_order');
remove_action('wp_list_pages', 'art_list_pages_filter');
remove_action('get_pages', 'art_header_page_list_filter');
}

add_filter('comments_template', 'legacy_comments');

function legacy_comments($file) {

if(!function_exists('wp_list_comments')) : // WP 2.7-only check

$file = TEMPLATEPATH.'/legacy.comments.php';

endif;

return $file;

}

Please help!

Thanks.

-Jeff

[bradgrafelman]

Looks like something got modified incorrectly. If there's a backup/previous revision of this file available, I'd suggest reverting to that instead.

Otherwise, you could try removing the duplicate blocks of code (starting with the line in red, minus the '}' closing brace); you should end up with something like:

function art_menu_items()
{
global $artThemeSettings;
if (true === $artThemeSettings['menu.showHome'] && 'page' != get_option('show_on_front'))
echo '<li><a' . (is_home() ? ' class="active"' : '') . ' href="' . get_option('home') . '">'.$artThemeSettings['menu.topItemBegin']
. $artThemeSettings['menu.homeCaption'] . $artThemeSettings['menu.topItemEnd'] . '</a></li>';
add_action('get_pages', 'art_header_page_list_filter');
add_action('wp_list_pages', 'art_list_pages_filter');
wp_list_pages('title_li=&sort_column=menu_order');
remove_action('wp_list_pages', 'art_list_pages_filter');
remove_action('get_pages', 'art_header_page_list_filter');
}

add_filter('comments_template', 'legacy_comments'); 
function legacy_comments($file) { 
if(!function_exists('wp_list_comments')) : // WP 2.7-only check 
$file = TEMPLATEPATH.'/legacy.comments.php'; 
endif; 
return $file; 
}

instead. There may be more invalid code after the line you stopped on, however.