MadelineProtoDocs/docs/API_docs/methods/account.changePhone.md

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title: account.changePhone
description: Change the phone number of the current account
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# Method: account.changePhone  
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Change the phone number of the current account

### Parameters:

| Name     |    Type       | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|phone\_number|[string](../types/string.md) | New phone number | Yes|
|phone\_code\_hash|[string](../types/string.md) | Phone code hash received when calling [account.sendChangePhoneCode](../methods/account.sendChangePhoneCode.md) | Yes|
|phone\_code|[string](../types/string.md) | Phone code received when calling [account.sendChangePhoneCode](../methods/account.sendChangePhoneCode.md) | Yes|


### Return type: [User](../types/User.md)

### Can bots use this method: **NO**


### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):


```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$User = $MadelineProto->account->changePhone(['phone_number' => 'string', 'phone_code_hash' => 'string', 'phone_code' => 'string', ]);
```

Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
User = account.changePhone({phone_number='string', phone_code_hash='string', phone_code='string', })
```

### Errors

| Code | Type     | Description   |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|PHONE_CODE_EMPTY|phone_code is missing|
|400|PHONE_NUMBER_INVALID|The phone number is invalid|