--- title: "chat" description: "Info about a group" nav_exclude: true image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png --- # Constructor: chat [Back to constructors index](/API_docs/constructors/index.html) Info about a group ### Attributes: | Name | Type | Required | Description | |----------|---------------|----------|-------------| |creator|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Optional|Whether the current user is the creator of the group| |left|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Optional|Whether the current user has left the group| |deactivated|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Optional|Whether the group was [migrated](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel)| |call\_active|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Optional|Whether a group call is currently active| |call\_not\_empty|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Optional|Whether there's anyone in the group call| |noforwards|[Bool](/API_docs/types/Bool.html) | Optional|Whether this group is [protected](https://telegram.org/blog/protected-content-delete-by-date-and-more), thus does not allow forwarding messages from it| |id|[long](/API_docs/types/long.html) | Yes|ID of the group| |title|[string](/API_docs/types/string.html) | Yes|Title| |photo|[ChatPhoto](/API_docs/types/ChatPhoto.html) | Optional|Chat photo| |participants\_count|[int](/API_docs/types/int.html) | Yes|Participant count| |date|[int](/API_docs/types/int.html) | Yes|Date of creation of the group| |version|[int](/API_docs/types/int.html) | Yes|Used in basic groups to reorder updates and make sure that all of them were received.| |migrated\_to|[InputChannel](/API_docs/types/InputChannel.html) | Optional|Means this chat was [upgraded](https://core.telegram.org/api/channel) to a supergroup| |admin\_rights|[ChatAdminRights](/API_docs/types/ChatAdminRights.html) | Optional|[Admin rights](https://core.telegram.org/api/rights) of the user in the group| |default\_banned\_rights|[ChatBannedRights](/API_docs/types/ChatBannedRights.html) | Optional|[Default banned rights](https://core.telegram.org/api/rights) of all users in the group| ### Type: [Chat](/API_docs/types/Chat.html) ### Example: ``` $chat = ['_' => 'chat', 'creator' => Bool, 'left' => Bool, 'deactivated' => Bool, 'call_active' => Bool, 'call_not_empty' => Bool, 'noforwards' => Bool, 'id' => long, 'title' => 'string', 'photo' => ChatPhoto, 'participants_count' => int, 'date' => int, 'version' => int, 'migrated_to' => InputChannel, 'admin_rights' => ChatAdminRights, 'default_banned_rights' => ChatBannedRights]; ```