MadelineProto/docs/API_docs/methods/contacts.search.md

Method: contacts.search

Parameters:

Name	Type	Required
q	string	Required
limit	int	Required

Return type: contacts_Found

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);
}

$contacts_Found = $MadelineProto->contacts->search(['q' => string, 'limit' => int, ]);