Adding "Read More" Link in Article.

Using MySql, SQl and PHP, I want to add "read more" link to my articles. Does any body has an idea how to do it?

 

Couldn't you just hard code the first x words then add the link. Can you tell us more about exactly how you want this to work?

 

if you use wordpress (php cms) you can add <!--more--> on your post. read more link will be automatic generate

 

Hard coding is too laborious as I will have to do this for every article. I need some automation.
What I am trying to ask is that the main page has only a little portion of the article. which ends with anchor texts like "Read More, Continue Reading" e.t.c Upon clicking this text, I am guided towards the full article. The only thing I have to do is just to submit my article in the database and the rest of the work is done by the coding. I hope this clears a lot.

 

I know this can be done very easily in wordpress and many other CMS. What I am asking is to have my own.

 

You can use substr function to cut down the string and at the end add the link where you are showing complete page...

 

Post the code which displays your articles, so we can help you.

 

// Display, say, 200 characters of article.
echo substr($content_story,0,200) . "...<br />";

// Add link.
echo "<a href='link.php?id='" . $id . '">Read More</a>";