Place 'read more' link in PHP code.

  • Resolved Junigo

    (@junigo)


    12 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Everyone,

    I am relatively new to PHP and need help with the following. On the category pages there are a few except on each page. There is the title (which can be clicked to the full article), followed by the text excerpt of 35 words but it just cuts there. I want to add a read more at the end so readers can click that to read more. Here is the code without the ‘…read more’.

    <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<?php
ob_start();
the_content('Read the full post',true);
$postOutput = preg_replace('/<img[^>]+./','', ob_get_contents());
ob_end_clean();
?>

<?php
$excerpt = $postOutput;
$order   = array("<p>", "</p>");
$replace = '';
#$newstr = str_replace($order, $replace, $excerpt);
#$newstr = strip_tags($newstr);
$newstr = strip_tags($excerpt);
echo '<p>'. string_limit_words($newstr,35) .'</p>'; 

?>

    Thanks in advance for your assistance.

    J.

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  • Consider adding

    <?php the_excerpt(); ?><span class=”read_more”>“>[ Read More → ]</span>

    Thread Starter Junigo

    (@junigo)

    Thanks Marvel Labs – I will try and let you know.

    J.

    Thread Starter Junigo

    (@junigo)

    This did not work. Any more suggestions?

    J.

    Thread Starter Junigo

    (@junigo)

    I got it solved. This is the code I added:

    <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">...read more</a>

    AWN

    (@wakilnikzad)

    Hello dears.

    I am using a WordPress theme called “Pinboard” in my website however it has a permalink in each post footer section but I want to add a “Read more…” link as well.

    I tried adding above given code but it brings server error.

    I fount the following code in my functions.php

    if ( ! function_exists( 'pinboard_excerpt_length' ) ) :
/**
 * Change the number of words shown in excerps
 *
 * @since Pinboard 1.0
 */
function pinboard_excerpt_length( $length ) {
	if( pinboard_is_teaser() ) {
		if( has_post_format( 'aside' ) )
			return 36;
		else
			return 22;
	} else
		return 40;
}
endif;

add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'pinboard_excerpt_length' );

if ( ! function_exists( 'pinboard_excerpt_more' ) ) :
/**
 * Changes the default excerpt trailing content
 *
 * Replaces the default [...] trailing text from excerpts
 * to a more pleasant ...
 *
 * @since Pinboard 1.0
 */
function pinboard_excerpt_more($more) {
	return ' …';
}
endif;

add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'pinboard_excerpt_more' );

    Please help me add a Read more link as well.

    Thanks in advance.

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