Help, my site is down due to PHP error

My blog runs on wordpress and while going on to make a new post last night I found I was unable to access my site due to this error code:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/content/b/f/r/bfree74/html/wp-load.php on line 46

I need to get this fixed asap and I am willing to pay if someone can get this resolved quickly. Before this happened I had not touched the database, code or anything else. If you think you can help reply here or pm me your offer.

 

open the directory you posted and go to line 46 or 45... post the line 45 and 46..
if there's unecessary $ delete it and refresh..

 

Could try uploading a fresh copy of wp-load.php

 

Did you by any chance use any restricted characters in a post?
$ & { } [ ] things like that?

$ in this error message most like refers to variable.

I would think the wp scripts would be smart enoug to strip them all out but your never know.

 

overwrite a raw copy of that file

 

Nope, including those characters cannot cause this problem

 

More than likely, your problem is caused by forgetting a semi-colon ; at the end of line 45 (the one above the line causing the error). If it's not a semi-colon missing, it's something else wrong on that line. Just paste lines 45 and 46 here like a couple others said.

 

People! No where did the OP say he had messed with any of the scripts

 

I guess we just all assumed if he had gotten a fresh copy of WordPress, there should be no errors. Either way, there is an error there, and it'll help if they paste lines 45 and 46.

 

Here's an idea...

Something is obviously wrong with wp-load.php so just upload a fresh copy and replace it.

 

How did you upload the file? This is important if you did not change the code.