PHP syntax error Unexpected '}'

Question

New to PHP here. I get the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}' in ... on line 1

The code is below, and it is hard for me to find this simple error. Can anyone help? This file is a file in the WordPress abstract theme and is located in PHP.

<?php // Using hooks is absolutely the smartest, most bulletproof way to implement things like plugins, // custom design elements, and ads. You can add your hook calls below, and they should take the // following form: // add_action('thesis_hook_name', 'function_name'); // The function you name above will run at the location of the specified hook. The example // hook below demonstrates how you can insert Thesis' default recent posts widget above // the content in Sidebar 1: // add_action('thesis_hook_before_sidebar_1', 'thesis_widget_recent_posts'); // Delete this line, including the dashes to the left, and add your hooks in its place. /** * function custom_bookmark_links() - outputs an HTML list of bookmarking links * NOTE: This only works when called from inside the WordPress loop! * SECOND NOTE: This is really just a sample function to show you how to use custom functions! * * @since 1.0 * @global object $post */ function custom_bookmark_links() { global $post; ?> <ul class="bookmark_links"> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://delicious.com/save?url=<?php urlencode(the_permalink()); ?>&amp;title=<?php urlencode(the_title()); ?>" onclick="window.open('http://delicious.com/save?v=5&amp;noui&amp;jump=close&amp;url=<?php urlencode(the_permalink()); ?>&amp;title=<?php urlencode(the_title()); ?>', 'delicious', 'toolbar=no,width=550,height=550'); return false;" title="Bookmark this post on del.icio.us">Bookmark this article on Delicious</a></li> </ul> <?php } /*** HEADER AD WIDGET***/ register_sidebars(1, array( 'name' => 'HeaderAd', 'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s">', 'after_widget' => '</li>', 'before_title' => '<h3>', 'after_title' => '</h3>' ) ); function header_widget() { ?> <div id="header_widget_1"> <ul class="sidebar_list"> <?php thesis_default_widget(3); ?> </ul> </div> <?php } add_action('thesis_hook_header', 'header_widget', '1'); /*** HEADER WIDGET END***/ /*remove footer attribution*/ remove_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'thesis_attribution'); function seth_godin_stuff_1 () { if (is_single()) { ?> <p class="alert" style="text-align:center;">Interested in a free 25+ eBook on the 7 Wastes? Please <a href="http://www.shmula.com/7-wastes-of-lean/">DOWNLOAD HERE</a>.</p> <?php } } add_action('thesis_hook_before_post', 'seth_godin_stuff_1', '1'); function single_post_ads() { if (is_single()) { ?> <BR> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><script type="text/javascript" src="http://forms.aweber.com/form/06/1421749706.js"></script></td> <td><a target="new" href="http://amzn.to/ddLMpa"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4151" title="the-toyota-way-ad-unit" src="http://www.shmula.com/http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/2010/08/the-toyota-way-ad-unit.jpg" alt="" width="102" height="157" /></a></td> <td><a target="new" href="http://amzn.to/9epSyC"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4152" title="the-toyota-way-fieldbook-ad-unit" src="http://www.shmula.com/http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/2010/08/the-toyota-way-fieldbook-ad-unit.jpg" alt="" width="111" height="158" /></a></td> <td><a target="new" href="http://amzn.to/ac4i1v"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4149" title="the-toyota-culture-ad-unit" src="http://www.shmula.com/http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/2010/08/the-toyota-culture-ad-unit.jpg" alt="" width="98" height="161" /></a></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5"><div align="center"><h5>This post was written by <a href="http://www.shmula.com/about-peter-abilla/" rel="author">Pete Abilla</a></h5> </div></td></tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <?php } } add_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'single_post_ads'); remove_action('thesis_hook_after_post', 'thesis_post_tags'); /*social bookmarks right header*/ function thesis_header_ad() { ?> <div id="banner_ad"> <div align="center"> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/shmula"> <img src="http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/image/social-icons/linkedin.jpg" height="68" width="68" border="0" alt="" /></a>&nbsp; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/shmula"> <img src="http://www.shmula.com/http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/2011/04/Twitter.png" height="70" width="70" border="0" alt="follow shmula on twitter" /></a>&nbsp; <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/shmula"> <img src="http://www.shmula.com/http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/2011/04/FaceBook.png" height="70" width="70" border="0" alt="" /></a>&nbsp;<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/shmula/dfYo"> <img src="http://www.shmula.com/http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/Image/2011/04/Feed.png" height="70" width="70" border="0" alt="" /></a>&nbsp; <a href="http://forms.aweber.com/form/77/1324894377.htm"> <img src="http://www.shmula.com/wp-content/uploads/image/social-icons/Email.gif" height="70" width="70" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div> </div> <?php }//end of php block /* BEGIN Custom Widgetized Footer */ if (function_exists('register_sidebar')) { register_sidebar(array('name' => 'Footer Widget ', 'id' => 'footer-widget-', 'before_widget' => '<div class="widget">', 'after_widget' => '</div>', 'before_title' => '<h3>', 'after_title' => '</h3>'));} function widgetized_footer() { ?><div id="widgetized_wrapper"> <?php if ( !function_exists('dynamic_sidebar') || !dynamic_sidebar('Footer Widget') ) : ?> <?php endif; ?> </div> <?php } remove_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'thesis_attribution');add_action('thesis_hook_footer', 'widgetized_footer'); /* END Custom Widgetized Footer *//*footer widget*/ /*custom popular posts thumbnails*/ function pop_posts_with_thumbs() { ?> <li class="widget popular_posts"> <h3>POPULAR POSTS</h3> <ul> <? $args = array('posts_per_page' => 28, 'orderby' => 'comment_count', 'category__in' => array(131,16,29,17,281,651,120,193,650,135,147,9,508,64,613,654,655)); global $post; $popular = get_posts($args); foreach($popular as $post) { setup_postdata($post); ?> <li> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="Permalink to <?php the_title(); ?>"> <?php if(has_post_thumbnail()) { the_post_thumbnail('thumb'); } ?><?php the_title(); ?> </a> </li> <!--[if lte IE 6]> <div class="clear"></div> <![endif]--> <? } ?> </ul> </li> <? } add_action('thesis_hook_after_sidebar_1', 'pop_posts_with_thumbs'); /*thumbnail functions*/ add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' ); set_post_thumbnail_size( 610, 9999, true ); add_image_size( 'teaser', 150, 150, true ); add_image_size( 'thumb', 50, 50, true ); /*link rel for next/prev*/ add_action('wp_head', 'index_rel_link'); // Relational link for site index add_action('wp_head', 'start_post_rel_link'); // Relational link for first post add_action('wp_head', 'adjacent_posts_rel_link_wp_head'); // Relational links for adjacent posts add_action('wp_head', 'parent_post_rel_link'); // Relational link for parent item 

Answer 1

I added the missing features. Now this code works: http://codepad.org/mSjq2eE3

What is the problem. Not visible here.

Answer 2

Make sure your tags are only at the beginning and end of the file, for starters. This code is pretty mess. So did you find it in the template?

Answer 3

Basically, your PHP code does not have a syntax error. The error indicated on line 1 is missing from this piece of code. Since this is Wordpress, you can change some other part of the theme in another file, and it shows an error. Or you have partially downloaded files on the server.