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Search($search, $entry_type, $sort, $pagesize, $page)

Search function are used to find the keyword(s) within the entry name/title of the entry, see also Fulltext

Syntax:

{$archive->Search($search, $entry_type, $sort, $pagesize, $page)}

Parameter	Default Value	Description	Sample Value
$search	n/a	String - keyword that is used to match entry records.	keyword(s)
$entry_type	*	String - filters the result by the entry type (comma delimited)	* or news or news,events,books
$sort	_date_created DESC	String - sorts the records either ASC or DESC by a selected field.	eventdate DESC
$pagesize	20	Integer - maximum results per page	10
$page	1	Integer - Selects the records on a particular page	1

Sample Usage:

{assign var="news" value=$archive->Search("HEADLINE","news","eventdate DESC",10,1))}

{foreach item="$news_item" from=$news}
	<h2>$news_item.title</h2> <br/>
	<i>$news_item.eventdate|date_format</i> <br/>
	<p>$news_item._short_description</p> <br/>
{/foreach}

Sample Output:

Keyword: HEADLINE

<h2>NEWS HEADLINE 2</h2> <br/>
<i>April 18,2008</i> <br/>
<p>News 2: second short description </p> <br/>

<h2>NEWS HEADLINE 1</h2> <br/>
<i>April 17,2008</i> <br/>
<p>News 1: first short description </p> <br/>