Laravel compatible encrypt method

encrypt.php

<?php

/**
 * Encrypts the value in a way compatible with laravel 5.1
 * @param $value value to encrypt
 *
 * @return string
 */
function encrypt($value)
{
    $key    = 'secret-key-here';
    $cipher = 'AES-256-CBC';
    $iv     = openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16);

    $value  = openssl_encrypt(serialize($value), $cipher, $key, 0, $iv);
    $iv     = base64_encode($iv);
    $mac    = hash_hmac('sha256', $iv . $value, $key);
    $json   = json_encode(compact('iv', 'value', 'mac'));

    return base64_encode($json);
}