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My website keeps showing HTTP ERROR 500 and I'm not sure what's causing it

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I tried a couple of debugging ideas like removed my .htaccess and renaming the Plugins folder, but still no luck

I check the error_log file and here's what i found

[15-Nov-2017 17:47:35 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:47:54 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:11 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:14 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:16 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:17 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:19 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:20 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:22 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280

The thing is, my functions.php folder has only 234 lines of code

This is a business website, help me please

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  • Go to wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php and open it with notepad ++ or another editor. You will probably see a not closing <?php tag or something relative on line 280.
    – Drupalizeme
    Commented Nov 15, 2017 at 19:01
  • @Drupalizeme I feel so stupid right now, I was checking the functions.php file of another directory, anyway It works now, thanks for your help
    – Ahmed El Sherif
    Commented Nov 15, 2017 at 19:07
  • No worries(fast fix) :)
    – Drupalizeme
    Commented Nov 15, 2017 at 19:09

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For future reference you could use the define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); at your wp_config to easily spot errors and turn to false when you are done.

Enabling WP_DEBUG will cause all PHP errors, notices and warnings to be displayed. This is likely to modify the default behaviour of PHP which only displays fatal errors and/or shows a white screen of death when errors are reached.

It is not recommended to use WP_DEBUG or the other debug tools on live sites; they are meant for local testing and staging installs.

More info here

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  • after define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); where is log should be save? @Drupalizeme
    – Gem
    Commented Jun 20, 2019 at 10:07
  • @Gem WP_DEBUG_LOG is a companion to WP_DEBUG that causes all errors to also be saved to a debug.log log file inside the /wp-content/ directory. This is useful if you want to review all notices later or need to view notices generated off-screen (e.g. during an AJAX request or wp-cron run).
    – Drupalizeme
    Commented Jun 20, 2019 at 10:36
  • There is no debug.log in my /wp-content/ file, actually my website returns HTTP 500 error, how can i debug where is the error? @Drupalizeme
    – Gem
    Commented Jun 20, 2019 at 10:42
  • @Gem This is just a thread to solve one problem. If you need further help I propose to post a new question and ask there with the appropriate resources.
    – Drupalizeme
    Commented Jun 22, 2019 at 15:02
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HTTP ERROR 500 is an error on you code.

As see on you logs:

[15-Nov-2017 17:47:35 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:47:54 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:11 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:14 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:16 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:17 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:19 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:20 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280
[15-Nov-2017 17:48:22 UTC] PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected '<' in /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php on line 280

There is an error with your /home/igts160XXXXX1/public_html/wp-content/themes/theme2/functions.php and forced the HTTPS ERROR 500 to display.

You didn't include the error on line 280 on your error.log so i can't determine what really the error is. But there are sample functions.php everywhere on Google and the Internet.

I can help you if you can update the question with the error itself or the line of code within the function.

You could use the define( 'WP_DEBUG', true ); at your public_html to easily spot errors and turn to false when you are done. Find that inside your wp-config.php file using SFTP and make sure the value is true.

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