1. Requirements
2. Usage
3. Installation

The Bot logic based on akalongman/php-telegram-bot, so you can read Instructions by longman how to register Telegram Bot and etc.

Now only telegram webhook api support. You need SSL cert! Doesn't work on http!

The links of this extension

Github: https://github.com/onmotion/yii2-telegram
Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/onmotion/yii2-telegram

Requirements ¶

Yii 2.0 or above

Usage ¶

Installation ¶

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

Run

composer require onmotion/yii2-telegram

add to your web config:

 'modules' => [
     //...
    'telegram' => [
        'class' => 'onmotion\telegram\Module',
        'API_KEY' => 'forexample241875489:AdfgdfFuVJdsKa1cycuxra36g4dfgt66',
        'BOT_NAME' => 'YourBotName_bot',
        'hook_url' => 'https://yourhost.com/telegram/default/hook', // must be https!
        'PASSPHRASE' => 'passphrase for login'
    ]
    //more...
 ]
 

and to console config:

 'bootstrap' => [   
 //other bootstrap components...
                'telegram'],
 'modules' => [
         //...
     'telegram' => [
         'class' => 'onmotion\telegram\Module',
         'API_KEY' => 'forexample241875489:AdfgdfFuVJdsKa1cycuxra36g4dfgt66',
         'BOT_NAME' => 'YourBotName_bot',
     ]
 ],       

run migrations:

php yii migrate --migrationPath=@vendor/onmotion/yii2-telegram/migrations #that add 4 tables in your DB

go to

https://yourhost.com/telegram/default/set-webhook

Now you can place where you want

echo \onmotion\telegram\Telegram::widget(); //that add chat button in the page

in bottom right corner you can see:

if you click it:

and server side:

If you want to limit the storage period of messages history, add to you crontab:

#leave 5 days (if empty - default = 7)
php yii telegram/messages/clean 5