Method: updates.getChannelDifference

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

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Required
force	Bool	Set to true to skip some possibly unneeded updates and reduce server-side load	Optional
channel	Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputChannel	The channel	Optional
filter	ChannelMessagesFilter	Messsage filter	Optional
pts	int	Persistent timestamp (see updates)	Optional
limit	int	How many updates to fetch, max `100000` Ordinary (non-bot) users are supposed to pass `10-100`	Optional

Return type: updates.ChannelDifference

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_ChannelDifference = $MadelineProto->updates->getChannelDifference(force: Bool, channel: InputChannel, filter: ChannelMessagesFilter, pts: int, limit: int, );