Here is what I should have put

Code:
<?php echo substr($row_rsNewsItems['newsBody'], 0, 150); ?>.....<a href="news_detail.php?newsId=<?php echo $row_rsNewsItems['newsId']; ?>" title="View: <?php echo $row_rsNewsItems['newsTitle']; ?>">(more)</a>
So using that I got this, and can't see whats wrong, been a long hot day bet its somthing really stupid I've done.

Code:
<?php 
$txt = $row_rsNewsItems['newsBody']; 
$edited = explode(" ", "", $txt); 
$words = 10; 
$edited = array_slice($edited, 0, $words); 
$edited = implode(" ", $edited); 
?> 
<?php echo $edited; ?>.....<a href="news_detail.php?newsId=<?php echo $row_rsNewsItems['newsId']; ?>">(more)</a><br><br>