MadelineProtoDocs/docs/API_docs/methods/updates.getDifference.md

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Method: updates.getDifference

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Warning: this is a low-level, complex method that must never be used directly.

The event handler provides a high-level abstraction that must be used instead of this method to fetch updates. If you want to fetch all users of a bot using a bot token, use getDialogIds or the high-level broadcast API, instead.

You cannot use this method directly, please use the event handler, instead.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
pts	int	PTS, see updates.	Optional
pts_limit	int	PTS limit	Optional
pts_total_limit	int	For fast updating: if provided and pts + pts_total_limit < remote pts, updates.differenceTooLong will be returned. Simply tells the server to not return the difference if it is bigger than pts_total_limit If the remote pts is too big (> ~4000000), this field will default to 1000000	Optional
date	int	date, see updates.	Optional
qts	int	QTS, see updates.	Optional
qts_limit	int	QTS limit	Optional

Return type: updates.Difference

Can bots use this method: YES

MadelineProto Example (now async for huge speed and parallelism!):

if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
    copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';

$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();

$updates_Difference = $MadelineProto->updates->getDifference(pts: $int, pts_limit: $int, pts_total_limit: $int, date: $int, qts: $int, qts_limit: $int, );