Parse error…help, blog down

  • jackfussell

    (@jackfussell)


    16 years ago

    Help, help…
    It was working fine a few hours ago and now it’s down.
    I’m getting the error…
    Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/travelj5/public_html/wp-blog-header.php on line 5

    I’ve tried removing the ” from around “white” on line 5 as recommended by some….it will not allow me to save a change in this file.

    There seems to be an issue because I’m seeing this same issue alot today. Any ideas?

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  • niri

    (@niri)

    I’m using a reseller CPANEL/WHM package from Blurstorm and the same thing happened to me. Yesterday I went to log in to my WordPress blog and all I got was a blank page. I checked source and found a bunch of ad links in there essentially breaking the page. Checking the files the index.php in admin folder had been replaced the day before.

    My blog is running 2.7 beta 3 so I downloaded the package and re-uploaded the original index which fixed it.

    Today my blog is white and the same crap appears in the front page source. This is what I see.

    <!– ~ –><u style=display:none>
    [usual drug-related spam links removed]

    Checking the index file it also shows as being replaced 11/24/08 which makes no sense since I checked the site yesterday. The index.php file is 6kb in size too instead of 397 bytes. After replacing the index.php my site is completely messed up! I don’t understand what is going on but it’s obvious someone is attacking our web sites.

    bob-smith

    (@bob-smith)

    found this on the dreamhost forum.

    https://discussion.dreamhost.com/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=forum_troubleshooting&Number=113031&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=14&part=

    some more things to look for there.

    bob-smith

    (@bob-smith)

    my permission for the wp-blog-header.php r xr xr x.

    what does that mean? how do i change that so i can clean up that file?

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    Changing File Permissions via a FTP client like Filezilla works, but not sure that you will be allowed to do that, but try, and if you can’t may need your host.

    ktomasch

    (@ktomasch)

    I have put in a support ticket with my host to see about changing permissions on files I want to delete. Will keep you updated.

    bob-smith

    (@bob-smith)

    @michael

    actually i found out how to do it via my ftp client. cleaned up header. no redirecting anymore. (fingers crossed.)

    bob-smith

    (@bob-smith)

    as an aside. what is the most secure permissions setting?

    ktomasch

    (@ktomasch)

    @bob Smith

    I tried to do that. I tried pasting clean text into it, it wouldn’t update. Even though the permissions on the file SAY read/write access for owner.

    bob-smith

    (@bob-smith)

    @ktomasch

    huh. was thankfully about to change mine and upload a clean file.

    maybe someone else has an answer.

    i suspect everyone was was hit with the google redirect hack but the hackers bungled something up and made everyone’s blogs white out or give error messages. just a hunch.

    MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    Bob–per Hardening WordPress, File Permissions, files=644, dictories=755.

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