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title: messages.channelMessages
description: Channel messages
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# Constructor: messages.channelMessages  
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Channel messages

### Attributes:

| Name     |    Type       | Required | Description |
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|pts|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|[Event count after generation](https://core.telegram.org/api/updates)|
|count|[int](../types/int.md) | Yes|Total number of results were found server-side (may not be all included here)|
|messages|Array of [Message](../types/Message.md) | Yes|Messages|
|collapsed|Array of [MessageGroup](../types/MessageGroup.md) | Optional|Collapsed|
|chats|Array of [Chat](../types/Chat.md) | Yes|Chats|
|users|Array of [User](../types/User.md) | Yes|Users|



### Type: [messages.Messages](../types/messages.Messages.md)


### Example:

```php
$messages.channelMessages = ['_' => 'messages.channelMessages', 'pts' => int, 'count' => int, 'messages' => [Message, Message], 'collapsed' => [MessageGroup, MessageGroup], 'chats' => [Chat, Chat], 'users' => [User, User]];
```  


Or, if you're into Lua:

```lua
messages.channelMessages={_='messages.channelMessages', pts=int, count=int, messages={Message}, collapsed={MessageGroup}, chats={Chat}, users={User}}

```