[RESOLVED] Syntax error but no change in code

[Phpclueless]

Hi, i'm totally new and battling through php files to set up my website.

I wanted to install Google Analytics into the functions.php file of the Aparatus [sic] Wordpress theme, so I followed instructions and added the Analytics code into the bottom of the functions.php file.

When I tried to update the file, it said "syntax error: unexpected T_STRING in line 244"
[line 244 is about 50 lines before the end of the file text]

So I went back and deleted all of the code I had added, and hit update.
Still the same error.

So I went to the functions.php file in the theme download folder in my Downloads, and coped the (presumably untouched original) code from functions.php and pasted it in - still the error.

So I downloaded the theme again and copied the text again - still the error.

I'm totally boggled because I used brand new text and there's still an error?

So confused - does anyone understand why this would happen?

Thanks so much 🙂

[Phpclueless]

Just to add: I'm now pretty much locked out of my wordpress website - anything on the left menu that I click on takes me to the same error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home6/nowthesc/public_html/wp-content/themes/aparatus/functions.php on line 244

So I can't even show you the php code anymore

[bradgrafelman]

Do you not have direct file access (e.g. FTP or a web-based file manager) to replace the file itself, rather than attempting to modify its contents?

[Phpclueless]

yes! thank you. I got in through the host and read the code line for line - a few forward slashes had been omitted when I copied and pasted some code. Thanks for the suggestion 😃