Error with dynamic email link with verification token - php

Question

I am writing a code snippet to send a email notification with a dynamic link that includes a db token. I am receiving the email which is handled by different code but for some reason I the button will not hyperlink and I think it's because this code block is not generating the link properly.
Can anyone point me in the right direction here?
public function sendVerification2($writerID, &$errors) {
$sql = "SELECT
user.`user_id` id,
user.`email_1` email,
user.`usr_verify_email_token` vtoken
FROM
`writer_split` split,
`writer`,
user
WHERE
split.`writer_id` = writer.`writer_id`
AND
writer.`user_id` = user.`user_id`
AND
split.`writer_id` = ?
LIMIT 1
";
$user = $this->db->select($sql, array($writerID), $errors);
if (count($errors) > 0 || count($user) === 0) {
return;
}
$user = $user[0];
//Add the change url to the the user array
$user[0]['verifyUserLink'] = $this->authconfig['verifyUser'] . $user['vtoken'];
//Send an e-mail to the user with the token
$this->mailer->sendTemplate($user[0]['email'], 'new_user', $user[0], $errors);
return count($errors) === 0;
}