I first updated to 4.2.6 and then it broke my site (fatal error). So I then found another thread on this site with a link to an alternate header file to use if not using PHP 7 (I was at 5.4). So I tried that first and that’s when the characters started appearing.

After that, I had my host update to 7.0 and replaced the header file with the 4.2.6 header file straight from a fresh download of the theme. The characters were still there.

If I turn off sticky header, the characters go away. So, I’m wondering if it’s tied to the code for the sticky header? It really just looks like a syntax error resulted in some extra characters being printed.

Let me know what other information I can provide. I’m happy to help and need to get this fixed.

That worked great, thank you for your help!