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PHP

Posted by Martin Rheaume
Martin Rheaume
4,831 Points

WordPress Parse Error

I'm trying to follow along with the custom post type tutorial here http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/create-your-first-wordpress-custom-post-type. After attempting to complete the very first step I'm getting this error

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=', expecting ')' in /home/martyr13/public_html/intellectualsavage.info/wp-content/themes/arras/functions.php on line 73

This is very annoying, because I followed the instructions. i added this to my code. i definitely did not do anything to the code that already existed. Furthermore, I can't get rid of this message even if I add a completely new copy of my functions.php

2 Answers

Randy Hoyt
STAFF
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Randy Hoyt
Randy Hoyt
Treehouse Guest Teacher

The problem is that the code in the blog post is not escaped correctly. Where the code in the blog post has this ...

'name' =>

... it should have this:

'name' =>

Does that help?

Martin Rheaume
Martin Rheaume
4,831 Points
Martin Rheaume
Martin Rheaume
4,831 Points

That does help, thank you. I abandoned the treehouse tutorial and found a smashing magazine tutorial that had the correct code, and I see that the difference between the two is exactly what you said.