<?php
function encode($str) { return str_replace(str_split('+/='), str_split('-_.'), base64_encode($str)); }
function decode($str) { return base64_decode(str_replace(str_split('-_.'), str_split('+/='), $str)); }
$str = "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.";
var_dump($enc = encode($str), decode($enc));
string(88) "Tm93IGlzIHRoZSB0aW1lIGZvciBhbGwgZ29vZCBtZW4gdG8gY29tZSB0byB0aGUgYWlkIG9mIHRoZSBwYXJ0eS4."
string(65) "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party."
Output for 8.3.5
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'sodium.so' (tried: /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so (libsodium.so.23: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so (/usr/lib/php/8.3.5/modules/sodium.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
string(88) "Tm93IGlzIHRoZSB0aW1lIGZvciBhbGwgZ29vZCBtZW4gdG8gY29tZSB0byB0aGUgYWlkIG9mIHRoZSBwYXJ0eS4."
string(65) "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party."