[Support request] Adding PHP in funtions file of Child Theme

[Matias]

Im using the Child theme downloaded from GP Help Documents and works great.
Troubles starts when I add some php code in

[Tom]

Any PHP code? Or just a specific function?

[Matias]

Exemple, If I add this one:

add_filter( ‘generate_google_font_display’, function() {
return ‘swap’;
} );

I get a error

[David]

Can you try this:

add_filter( 'generate_google_font_display', function() {
    return 'swap';
} );

the difference is the upright apostrophes …..

[Matias]

Nothing.
I have copied your code to the function file in GP child Theme and the problems follows

An error of type E_PARSE occurred on line 1 of the file /home/tecnoped/public_html/tecnopeda.com/wp-content/themes/generatepress_child/functions.php. Error message: syntax error, unexpected ‘function’ (T_FUNCTION)

[Leo]

Just tried the exact snippet and didn’t receive an error.

Are there any other functions in the file?

[Matias]

No, just the code of the original functions File of GP Child Theme

[Leo]

Can you take a screenshot of your function.php file?

You can upload it using a service like this:
https://postimages.org/

[Matias]

This is de code in the functions File of the GP Child Theme downloaded from Help docs in GP site

<?php
/**
* GeneratePress child theme functions and definitions.
*
* Add your custom PHP in this file. 
* Only edit this file if you have direct access to it on your server (to fix errors if they happen).
*/
function generatepress_child_enqueue_scripts() {
if ( is_rtl() ) {
wp_enqueue_style( 'generatepress-rtl', trailingslashit( get_template_directory_uri() ) . 'rtl.css' );
	}
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'generatepress_child_enqueue_scripts', 100 );

[Tom]

The error is saying line 1, and line 1 is this: <?php

There definitely isn’t an error there.

What program are you using to edit the file? Maybe there’s some sort of encoding issue going on with the program/language you’re using?

[Matias]

Notepad++
I havent had problems adding code in function with Genesis Framework, but I will check it

[Matias]

Checked and the problems still follows
Notepad++ is in UTF8 and ANSI encoding and I got the same error

[Tom]

Something must be corrupt, as the error is pointing to line 1, which is the opening PHP tag: <?php

Maybe your FTP program? It’s super hard to guess like this, unfortunately.

If you use the same functions in the Code Snippets plugin, do they work?

[Matias]

Yes, with Code Snippets works fine.

Can I add the functions with the plugins and disable it them?

[Leo]

Unfortunately not.

The snippets would be deactivate when the plugin is disabled.

[Author]

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