PHP Appending a link to a string

Question

I am trying to add a "Read More" system on my site and right now I have the text stopping after 150 words, but I can't seem to get the link right at all.

This is what I have at the end of my shortening loop:

$string = substr($stringCut, 0, strrpos($stringCut, ' ')).'... <a href="posts.php?id='.$post['post_id'].'>Read More</a>';

When I look at my site the link points to this:

/posts.php?id=7%3ERead%20More%3C/a%3E...%3C/div%3E%3Cp%3EPosted%20on:%2030-09-14%2003:55:08in%20%3Ca%20href=

Its basically taking everything that comes after this (date and stuff) and putting it in my URL for some reason. If I just echo the post['post_id'] by itself I am getting the correct output. Any idea what I am doing wrong?

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Steve
– Steve

2014-10-01 13:46:08 +00:00
Commented Oct 1, 2014 at 13:46 — Steve
– Steve, Commented Oct 1, 2014 at 13:46

Kevin · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-01 13:50:22Z

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Try to change the link and add this missing closing double quotations on the markup:

$stringCut = 'aaaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddadddddr ffff';
$post['post_id'] = 1;
$string = substr($stringCut, 0, strrpos($stringCut, ' ')).'... <a href="posts.php?id='.$post['post_id'].'">Read More</a>';
                                                                                                        ^^
echo $string;

Without closing quotes
With closing quotes

answered Oct 1, 2014 at 13:50

Kevin

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