php code crashes site – possible syntax error

It’s hard to debug only seeing a portion of your code.

For starters, you’ve got two <?php opening tags at the top which would certainly cause an error. But I think that’s leftover from your copy and paste.

  • Look at your php server log which will tell you what file and line number the error is occurring.
  • Put the following in your wp-config.php file which will print all errors in your browser. Then you won’t have to access the php log directly.

Code to add:

define( 'WP_DEBUG', true );

WordPress Debugging Guide