Getting error now when posting blogs

Anyone?

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping

Can you post the first few lines of single.php here? Is this a theme you purchased/downloaded or did you create it yourself?

Ok thanks and sorry for the bumping. I logged in through the CPanel File Manager to access single.php. I used the free responsive theme for years and did not purchase it and modified in in 2012. It has been working well ever since but I just started blogging recently.

1.<?php
2.
3.// Exit if accessed directly
4.if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’)) exit;
5.
6./**
7. * Single Posts Template
8. *
9. *
10. * @file single.php
11. * @package Responsive
12. * @author Emil Uzelac
13. * @copyright 2003 – 2012 ThemeID
14. * @license license.txt
15. * @version Release: 1.0
16. * @filesource wp-content/themes/responsive/single.php
17. * @link https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Theme_Development#Single_Post_.28single.php.29
18. * @since available since Release 1.0
19. */
20.?>
21.<?php get_header(); ?>

Do not edit the theme itself. First create a child theme for your changes.

Re-upload a fresh, unpacked, copy of the theme’s folder to wp-content/themes using FTP or whatever file management application your host provides.
https://www.ads-software.com/themes/responsive

Maybe a silly question, but are those numbers at the beginning of each line actually part of the code? Are those numbers in the actual file, or is that just the way the CPanel File Manager shows it?

Just in case: they definitely should NOT be in the code.

GOOD:

<?php

// Exit if accessed directly
if ( !defined('ABSPATH')) exit;

etc. etc.

BAD:

1.<?php
2.
3.// Exit if accessed directly
4.if ( !defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
5.

etc. etc.

Hmm ok I really didn’t think I had to do all of that just to get a blog post to show up. Do you know what line 3 “Exit if accessed directly” has to do with the blog posting? It just want to see a full blog post. Everything on the website works properly and I do not want to re-do my existing child theme then upload. Is there an easier fix? Thanks for you assistance btw!!!!!!!

@senff let me try to access it another way to see if the numbers are there

Do you know what line 3 “Exit if accessed directly” has to do with the blog posting?

It means you cannot access single.php via https://example.com//wp-content/themes/responsive/single.php

Through the CPanel the single.php up top it is showing it through the editor

single.php
ASCII C++ program text, with CRLF line terminators

Ok thanks Esmi for the link I understand now.

How about opening single.php in a text editor on your computer?

Ok I opened it with Notepad++ and it looks the same

1.<?php
2.
3.// Exit if accessed directly
4.if ( !defined(‘ABSPATH’)) exit;
5.
6./**
7. * Single Posts Template
8. *
9. *

I just changed the blog page to Blog Summary instead of Blog Excerpt in the meantime so people will not have to expand each story. I will drive myself nuts trying to find to what is causing this error. Thanks all anyways!