editMessageCaption — Botlify Cloud Docs

Use this method to edit captions of messages. On success, if the edited message is not an inline message, the edited Message is returned, otherwise True is returned. Note that business messages that were not sent by the bot and do not contain an inline keyboard can only be edited within 48 hours from the time they were sent.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`business_connection_id`	String	Optional	Unique identifier of the business connection on behalf of which the message to be edited was sent
`chat_id`	Integer or String	Optional	Required if inline_message_id is not specified. Unique identifier for the target chat or username of the target bot, supergroup or channel in the format `@username`.
`message_id`	Integer	Optional	Required if inline_message_id is not specified. Identifier of the message to edit.
`inline_message_id`	String	Optional	Required if chat_id and message_id are not specified. Identifier of the inline message.
`caption`	String	Optional	New caption of the message, 0-1024 characters after entities parsing
`parse_mode`	String	Optional	Mode for parsing entities in the message caption. See formatting options for more details.
`caption_entities`	Array of MessageEntity	Optional	A JSON-serialized list of special entities that appear in the caption, which can be specified instead of parse_mode
`show_caption_above_media`	Boolean	Optional	Pass True if the caption must be shown above the message media. Supported only for animation, photo and video messages.
`reply_markup`	InlineKeyboardMarkup	Optional	A JSON-serialized object for an inline keyboard

Example

PHP — Call editMessageCaption (no parameters)

<?php
// ── Botlify Cloud .env — auto-injected, never hardcode secrets ──
$BOT_TOKEN     = getenv('BOT_TOKEN');     // Telegram bot token from @BotFather
$ADMIN_CHAT_ID = getenv('ADMIN_CHAT_ID'); // Your numeric admin Telegram user ID
$BOT_USERNAME  = getenv('BOT_USERNAME');  // Bot username without @

$resp = bot('editMessageCaption');

if ($resp['ok'] ?? false) {
    $result = $resp['result']; // handle the response
}

Botlify Cloud Runtime
Credentials are auto-injected in .env — always load them with getenv(): BOT_TOKEN, ADMIN_CHAT_ID, BOT_USERNAME. Main database: database.db (SQLite, WAL mode). Runtime errors: error.log. Quick test: send to $ADMIN_CHAT_ID. Full details: Runtime Reference.