simple telegram logger in php

php-telegram-logger.php

/**
 * @param $input mixed
 */
function telegramLogger($input){
    $bot_token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; //get from @botfather
    $id = 'xxxxxxxxxx'; //reciever telegram id (not username)

    ob_start();
    var_dump($input);
    $message = ob_get_clean();
    $method = 'sendMessage';
    $parameters = array( 'chat_id' => $id,'text'=>$message);

    $url = "https://api.telegram.org/bot$bot_token/$method";
    $handle = curl_init($url);
    curl_setopt($handle , CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER , array("Content-Type: application/json"));
    //curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); 
    curl_setopt($handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS , json_encode($parameters));
   
    curl_exec($handle);
    curl_close($handle);
}