"convert base64 to base62 (without special characters)" Code Answer

function base62encode($data) {
    $outstring = '';
    $l = strlen($data);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $l; $i += 8) {
        $chunk = substr($data, $i, 8);
        $outlen = ceil((strlen($chunk) * 8)/6); //8bit/char in, 6bits/char out, round up
        $x = bin2hex($chunk);  //gmp won't convert from binary, so go via hex
        $w = gmp_strval(gmp_init(ltrim($x, '0'), 16), 62); //gmp doesn't like leading 0s
        $pad = str_pad($w, $outlen, '0', str_pad_left);
        $outstring .= $pad;
    }
    return $outstring;
}

function base62decode($data) {
    $outstring = '';
    $l = strlen($data);
    for ($i = 0; $i < $l; $i += 11) {
        $chunk = substr($data, $i, 11);
        $outlen = floor((strlen($chunk) * 6)/8); //6bit/char in, 8bits/char out, round down
        $y = gmp_strval(gmp_init(ltrim($chunk, '0'), 62), 16); //gmp doesn't like leading 0s
        $pad = str_pad($y, $outlen * 2, '0', str_pad_left); //double output length as as we're going via hex (4bits/char)
        $outstring .= pack('h*', $pad); //same as hex2bin
    }
    return $outstring;
}

$str62 = base62_encode(base64_decode($str64)) // $str64 = our string base64 encoded

all credits go to marcus bointon.

By John Clements on March 14 2022