MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v42/constructors/chat.md

---
title: chat
description: chat attributes, type and example
---
## Constructor: chat  
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### Attributes:

| Name     |    Type       | Required |
|----------|:-------------:|---------:|
|creator|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|kicked|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|left|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|admins\_enabled|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|admin|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|deactivated|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Optional|
|id|[int](../types/int.md) | Required|
|title|[string](../types/string.md) | Required|
|photo|[ChatPhoto](../types/ChatPhoto.md) | Required|
|participants\_count|[int](../types/int.md) | Required|
|date|[int](../types/int.md) | Required|
|version|[int](../types/int.md) | Required|
|migrated\_to|[InputChannel](../types/InputChannel.md) | Optional|



### Type: [Chat](../types/Chat.md)


### Example:

```
$chat = ['_' => 'chat', 'creator' => true, 'kicked' => true, 'left' => true, 'admins_enabled' => true, 'admin' => true, 'deactivated' => true, 'id' => int, 'title' => string, 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'participants_count' => int, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, 'migrated_to' => InputChannel, ];
```  

The following syntaxes can also be used:

```
$chat = '@username'; // Username

$chat = 44700; // bot API id (users)
$chat = -492772765; // bot API id (chats)
$chat = -10038575794; // bot API id (channels)

$chat = 'user#44700'; // tg-cli style id (users)
$chat = 'chat#492772765'; // tg-cli style id (chats)
$chat = 'channel#38575794'; // tg-cli style id (channels)
```