🚀 Basic Telegram Sender PHP

A simple PHP script to send messages to a Telegram group using a bot. 🤖

📥 Installation

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/jaycee0610/Basic-Telegram-Sender-PHP.git
   cd Basic-Telegram-Sender-PHP

2. Install Dependencies:

   composer require rootscratch/telegram

🛠️ Setup Guide

📌 Step 1: Create a Telegram Bot

• Open Telegram and search for @BotFather. 🤖
• Start a chat with @BotFather and create a new bot.
• Once created, you will receive a bot token. Save this token for later use. 🔑

📌 Step 2: Create a Group and Add the Bot

• Create a new Telegram group.
• Add your bot to the group.
• Send any message in the group to initialize it. 🆕

📌 Step 3: Get the List of Updates

To retrieve the updates for your bot, use the following API request:

https://api.telegram.org/bot<YourBOTToken>/getUpdates

Example:

https://api.telegram.org/bot123456789:jbd78sadvbdy63d37gda37bd8/getUpdates

📌 Step 4: Find the Chat ID

Look for the "chat" object in the API response:

{
    "update_id": 8393,
    "message": {
        "message_id": 3,
        "from": {
            "id": 7474,
            "first_name": "AAA"
        },
        "chat": {
            "id": -<group_ID>,
            "title": "<Group name>"
        },
        "date": 25497,
        "new_chat_participant": {
            "id": 71, 
            "first_name": "NAME",
            "username": "YOUR_BOT_NAME"
        }
    }
}

• The id inside the "chat" object is your Group Chat ID and always starts with -. 🆔
• Use this ID when sending messages to the group. 📩

Note: If you created a new group and the API response only returns:

{"ok": true, "result": []}

Try removing and re-adding the bot to the group. 🔄

🚀 Usage

1. Modify index.php:

   require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';
   
   use Rootscratch\Telegram\Send;
   
   Send::telegram_token('your-bot-token-here');
   Send::telegram_chat_id('-your-chat-id-here');
   $message = 'Hello, Telegram!';
   
   try {
       $send = Send::SendGroup($message);
       echo json_encode($send);
   } catch (\Exception $e) {
       echo json_encode(['error' => $e->getMessage()]);
   }

2. Run the script:

   php index.php

📡 API Response Example

{
    "ok": true,
    "result": {
        "message_id": 123,
        "chat": {
            "id": -1001234567890,
            "title": "My Telegram Group"
        },
        "text": "Hello, Telegram!"
    }
}

⚠️ Troubleshooting

• If you get {"ok":true,"result":[]} when retrieving updates, try removing and re-adding the bot to the group. 🔄
• Make sure the bot has permission to send messages in the group. ✅

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. 📝

👨‍💻 Author

John Natividad ✨