How can PHP be used to truncate news articles to a specific character limit and provide a "Read More" link?

To truncate news articles to a specific character limit in PHP and provide a "Read More" link, you can use the `substr` function to limit the number of characters displayed. You can then check if the truncated text ends in the middle of a word and adjust the substring accordingly. Finally, you can add a "Read More" link that directs users to the full article. 

function truncate_text($text, $limit, $suffix = '...') {
    if (strlen($text) > $limit) {
        $text = substr($text, 0, $limit);
        $text = substr($text, 0, strrpos($text, ' ')) . $suffix;
    }
    return $text;
}

$article = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.";

$truncated_article = truncate_text($article, 50);

echo $truncated_article;
echo "<a href='full_article.php'>Read More</a>";

Keywords

PHP truncate character limit Read More link string manipulation

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