A function to convert a string to base64 encoding

Convert-ToBase64

Function Convert-ToBase64 {
param(
[CmdletBinding()]
	[Parameter(ValueFromPipeline=$True,Mandatory=$True,HelpMessage="String to encode to base64")]
	[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
    $String
)
$StringToByteArr = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($String) #Converts string to byte array
$Base64String = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String($StringToByteArr) #Converts byte array to b64 string

Return $Base64String
$Base64ToUTF8 = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetString([System.Convert]::FromBase64String($Base64String)) #Converts b64 string to UTF-8 string
} #End Convert-ToBase64