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getRecent($entry_type, $field, $pagesize, $page)

returns the most recent X number of records added to the entry database.

Syntax:

{$archive->getRecent($entry_type, $field, $pagesize, $page)}

Parameter	Default Value	Description	Sample Value
$entry_type	*	String - enrty data type	News
$field	_date_created DESC	String - the date field which is used determine the most recent records. if none is specified, it defaults to _date_created.	eventdate
$pagesize	100	Integer - maximum number of records per page	100
$page	1	Integer - the page of the result	1

Sample Usage:

{assign var="news" value=$archive->getRecent("news","eventdate",2,1)}

       {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:

<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/>