MadelineProto/docs/TD_docs/methods/sendMessage.md

title	description
sendMessage	Sends a message. Returns sent message. UpdateChatTopMessage will not be sent, so returned message should be used to update chat top message

Method: sendMessage

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Sends a message. Returns sent message. UpdateChatTopMessage will not be sent, so returned message should be used to update chat top message

Params:

Name	Type	Required	Description
chat_id	long	Yes	Chat to send message
reply_to_message_id	long	Yes	Identifier of a message to reply to or 0
disable_notification	Bool	Yes	Pass true, to disable notification about the message, doesn't works in secret chats
from_background	Bool	Yes	Pass true, if the message is sent from background
reply_markup	ReplyMarkup	Yes	Bots only. Markup for replying to message
input_message_content	InputMessageContent	Yes	Content of a message to send

Return type: Message

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);
}

$Message = $MadelineProto->sendMessage(['chat_id' => long, 'reply_to_message_id' => long, 'disable_notification' => Bool, 'from_background' => Bool, 'reply_markup' => ReplyMarkup, 'input_message_content' => InputMessageContent, ]);

Or, if you're into Lua:

Message = sendMessage({chat_id=long, reply_to_message_id=long, disable_notification=Bool, from_background=Bool, reply_markup=ReplyMarkup, input_message_content=InputMessageContent, })