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A PHP library that makes using Telegram Bot API much easier.

From telegram-bot-php·Updated May 6, 2026·View on GitHub·

This library is a simple and easy to use library for creating [Telegram API Bots](https://telegram.org/blog/bot-revolution), and this library is designed to provide a platform where one can simply write a bot and have interactions in a matter of minutes. The project is written primarily in PHP, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2022. Key topics include: api, bot, bot-api, php, php-telegram-bot.

Latest release: v1.1.0
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Telegram Bot PHP

This library is a simple and easy to use library for
creating Telegram API Bots, and this library is designed to provide a
platform where one can simply write a bot and have interactions in a matter of minutes.

Table of Contents

Introduction

This is an official announcement of support, which allows integrators of all sorts to bring automated interactions with
the Telegram Bot API to their users.

This library features:

  • The easiest and simplest way for update handling
  • Support for all types and methods according
    to Telegram Bot API 6.0
  • Handling WebAppData and data encryption/validation
  • Crash handling and error reporting
  • The ability to create advanced Plugins with their asynchronous methods
  • The ability to manage Channels from the bot admin interface
  • Downloading and uploading large files
  • Full support for inline bots
  • Inline keyboard support
  • And many more...

Installation

ssh
composer require telegram-bot-php/core
<details> <summary>Click for help with installation</summary>

Install Composer

If the above step didn't work, install composer and try again.

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install curl php-curl
curl -s https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
php composer.phar install

Composer not found? Use this command instead:

php composer.phar require "telegram-bot-php/core"

Windows:

Download installer for Windows

</details>

Getting started

php
<?php require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; $admin_id = 123456789; $bot_token = 'your_bot_token'; \TelegramBot\Telegram::setToken($bot_token); \TelegramBot\CrashPad::setDebugMode($admin_id); $result = \TelegramBot\Request::sendMessage([ 'chat_id' => $admin_id, 'text' => 'text', ]); echo $result->getRawData(false); // {"ok": true, "result": {...}}

Webhook

Create set-hook.php with the following contents:

php
<?php require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php'; \TelegramBot\Telegram::setToken($bot_token); $response = \TelegramBot\Request::setWebhook([ 'url' => 'https://your-domain.com/webhook/' . $bot_token, ]); if ($response->isOk()) { echo $response->getDescription(); exit(0); }

Use self-signed certificate

php
\TelegramBot\Request::setWebhook([ 'url' => 'https://your-domain.com/webhook/' . $bot_token, 'certificate' => 'path/to/certificate.pem', ]);

Delete webhook

php
\TelegramBot\Request::deleteWebhook();

Update Handling

Create a handler for updates

php
<?php use TelegramBot\Entities\Update; use TelegramBotTest\EchoBot\Plugins\MainPlugin; class Handler extends \TelegramBot\UpdateHandler { public function __process(Update $update): void { self::addPlugins([ MainPlugin::class, ]); } }

Filter incoming updates

Filtering incoming updates by their type is easy.

php
$updateHandler->filterIncomingUpdates([ Update::TYPE_MESSAGE, Update::TYPE_CALLBACK_QUERY, ]);

Or just go advanced:

php
$updateHandler->filterIncomingUpdates([ Update::TYPE_MESSAGE => function (\TelegramBot\Entities\Update $update) { return $update->getMessage()->getChat()->getId() === 259760855; } ]);

Plugins

The Plugins are a way to create a bot that can do more than just echo back the message.

Create plugin for Handler class

php
<?php use TelegramBot\Entities\Message; use TelegramBot\Entities\WebAppData; class MainPlugin extends \TelegramBot\Plugin { public function onMessage(int $update_id, Message $message): \Generator { if ($message->getText() === '/start') { yield \TelegramBot\Request::sendMessage([ 'chat_id' => $message->getChat()->getId(), 'text' => 'Hello, ' . $message->getFrom()->getFirstName(), ]); } if ($message->getText() === '/ping') { yield \TelegramBot\Request::sendMessage([ 'chat_id' => $message->getChat()->getId(), 'text' => 'pong', ]); } } public function onWebAppData(int $update_id, WebAppData $webAppData): \Generator { yield \TelegramBot\Request::sendMessage([ 'chat_id' => $webAppData->getUser()->getId(), 'text' => 'Hello, ' . $webAppData->getUser()->getFirstName(), ]); } }

Anonymous plugins and handlers

php
$commands = new class() extends \TelegramBot\Plugin { public function onUpdate(\TelegramBot\Entities\Update $update): \Generator { // Write your code here } }; $admin = new class() extends \TelegramBot\Plugin { // TODO: Write your code here }; (new \TelegramBot\UpdateHandler())->addPlugins([$commands, $admin])->resolve();

Available events and methods

php
class SomePlugin extends \TelegramBot\Plugin { public function onUpdate(Update $update): \Generator {} public function onMessage(int $update_id, Message $message): \Generator {} public function onEditedMessage(int $update_id, EditedMessage $editedMessage): \Generator {} public function onChannelPost(int $update_id, ChannelPost $channelPost): \Generator {} public function onEditedChannelPost(int $update_id, EditedChannelPost $editedChannelPost): \Generator {} public function onInlineQuery(int $update_id, InlineQuery $inlineQuery): \Generator {} public function onChosenInlineResult(int $update_id, ChosenInlineResult $chosenInlineResult): \Generator {} public function onCallbackQuery(int $update_id, CallbackQuery $callbackQuery): \Generator {} public function onShippingQuery(int $update_id, ShippingQuery $shippingQuery): \Generator {} public function onPreCheckoutQuery(int $update_id, PreCheckoutQuery $preCheckoutQuery): \Generator {} public function onPoll(int $update_id, Poll $poll): \Generator {} public function onPollAnswer(int $update_id, PollAnswer $pollAnswer): \Generator {} public function onWebAppData(int $update_id, WebAppData $webAppData): \Generator {} }

Supports

This library supports evey Telegram Bot API method and entity
since API version 6.0.

Error Handling

Using CrashPad for reporting error through telegram. just add below to your Update handler.

php
\TelegramBot\CrashPad::setDebugMode(259760855);

Troubleshooting

Please report any bugs you find on the issues page.

Code of Conduct

The Telegram-Bot-PHP Code of Conduct can be found
at this document.

Contributing

Thank you for considering contributing to this project. please open an issue or pull request if you have any suggestions
or just email opensource@litehex.com.

License

The Telegram-Bot-PHP library is open-sourced under
the MIT license.

Contributors

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