Thread: Problem - Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING on line 2

My wordpress blog was showing this error today Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/~/public_html/index.php on line 2

1) I opened the index.php and found this
<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
?>

2) When I view the files in notepad, there are small rectangles which I assume are carriage returns.

3) I removed the rectangles and the site is now working fine. I haven't touched the site and there isn't any reason that I can think of as to how the carriage return were added to the index.php file.

I'm wondering what caused the error?

Originally Posted by Bogart

My wordpress blog was showing this error today Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/~/public_html/index.php on line 2

1) I opened the index.php and found this
<?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
?>

2) When I view the files in notepad, there are small rectangles which I assume are carriage returns.

3) I removed the rectangles and the site is now working fine. I haven't touched the site and there isn't any reason that I can think of as to how the carriage return were added to the index.php file.

I'm wondering what caused the error?

Let me know if you still have this problem..

Originally Posted by silveraden

Let me know if you still have this problem..

It's working fine after I fixed the index.php

Any idea what may have caused the problem?