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title: Getting info about the current user
description: Here's how you can fetch info about the currently logged in user
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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# Getting info about the current user

Here's how you can fetch info about the currently logged in user

```php
$me = $MadelineProto->get_self();

\danog\MadelineProto\Logger::log("Hi ".$me['first_name']."!");
```

[`get_self`](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/get_self.html) returns a [User object](../API_docs/types/User.html) that contains info about the currently logged in user/bot, or false if the current instance is not logged in.

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