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Method: messages.getSearchCounters

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Get the number of results that would be found by a messages.search call with the same parameters

Parameters:

NameTypeDescriptionRequired
peerUsername, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeerPeer where to searchOptional
saved_peer_idUsername, chat ID, Update, Message or InputPeerSearch within the saved message dialog » with this ID.Optional
top_msg_idintIf set, consider only messages within the specified forum topicOptional
filtersArray of MessagesFilterSearch filtersYes

Return type: Vector_of_messages.SearchCounter

Can bots use this method: NO

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();

$Vector_of_messages_SearchCounter = $MadelineProto->messages->getSearchCounters(peer: $InputPeer, saved_peer_id: $InputPeer, top_msg_id: $int, filters: [$MessagesFilter, $MessagesFilter], );