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title: bytes
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description: A string of variable length
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image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
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---
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## Type: bytes
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[Back to constructor index](index.md)
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```php
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$bytes = "simple string of bytes";
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```
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Internally, an object of type `\danog\MadelineProto\TL\Types\Bytes`.
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When casted to string, turns into a string of bytes of variable length, with length smaller than or equal to 16777215.
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When JSON-serialized, turns into an array of the following format:
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```php
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[
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'_' => 'bytes',
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'bytes' => base64_encode($contents)
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];
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```
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