Neal_

I got stuck like this earlier too and had to re-install the original php file through the server’s access to my website, as opposed to using WordPress itself.

Unfortunately, I’m not well trained here and am not sure if that will work in this case, but I hope that helps.

I just got a great tip from WPRanger, who wrote,

“You need to visit your site using FTP, download the functions.php file, correct the error and re-upload.
You may have to activate PHP on your hosting account to do so.”

I did what he recommended and also found this website very useful for digging up the lost PHP file I needed, and hope it can help others too:

https://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/nav.html?index.html

I hope that’s helpful, Neal

Thank you very much for the tip to try my server.

It worked and I am very grateful.

If anyone else ever get’s stuck like this (it was my own doing!) and is looking for where I found the PHP, try here:

https://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php.source.txt

Thank you again, I really appreciate the help, Neal

I just updated to 3.8 today, tried to solve a sidebar issue with Twitter Widget Pro not appearing, and now my website is crashed and I cannot login to correct it either.

Glad to see it is not just me, and I hope this reassurance helps others in some way – but not being able to even login to try the above solution is crushingly disempowering.

If anyone figures this out, I will be very grateful.