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After inserting shortcode into a Wordpress theme I'm building, I received the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/content/70/11104970/html/wp-content/themes/theme/cait.php on line 11

The bit of code in question:

<div class="vlog-stream">
        <?php echo do_shortcode('[ix_show_latest_yt ytid='caitbarker' width='280' height='170' autoplay='off' count_of_videos='1']'); ?>
        <p>vlog</p>
    </div><!-- end vlog-stream -->

The entire file can be found here.

When I've received this error in the past, it was a result of either extra spaces or the use of " instead of '. I've checked and corrected both of these things and still the problem persists.

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closed as too localized by Jocelyn, PeeHaa, tereško, hakre, Benjamin Gruenbaum May 21 '13 at 0:44

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Indeed you problem seems to be the quotes. You need to escape them properly or use a combination of double quotes and single quotes:

<?php echo do_shortcode("[ix_show_latest_yt ytid='caitbarker' width='280' height='170' autoplay='off' count_of_videos='1']"); ?>

A tip is to look at the syntax highlighting, see how it now looks correct compared to your question?

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Thank you for spotting this. For some reason, I thought " wasn't allowed at all, but indeed I was incorrect. – AMC May 19 '13 at 2:48

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