MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v42/methods/messages_search.md

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messages.search	messages.search parameters, return type and example

Method: messages.search

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Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
important_only	Bool	Optional
peer	InputPeer	Required
q	string	Required
filter	MessagesFilter	Required
min_date	int	Required
max_date	int	Required
offset	int	Required
max_id	int	Required
limit	int	Required

Return type: messages_Messages

Example:

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API();
if (isset($token)) {
    $this->bot_login($token);
}
if (isset($number)) {
    $sentCode = $MadelineProto->phone_login($number);
    echo 'Enter the code you received: ';
    $code = '';
    for ($x = 0; $x < $sentCode['type']['length']; $x++) {
        $code .= fgetc(STDIN);
    }
    $MadelineProto->complete_phone_login($code);
}

$messages_Messages = $MadelineProto->messages->search(['important_only' => Bool, 'peer' => InputPeer, 'q' => string, 'filter' => MessagesFilter, 'min_date' => int, 'max_date' => int, 'offset' => int, 'max_id' => int, 'limit' => int, ]);