Looks like this function has exactly the same behavior as base64_decode($test, true) -> it returns FALSE if $text contains characters outside the Base64 alphabet, although this isn't documented here.(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
imap_base64 — Decode BASE64 encoded text
stringThe encoded text
   Returns the decoded message as a string,  або false в разі помилки.
  
Looks like this function has exactly the same behavior as base64_decode($test, true) -> it returns FALSE if $text contains characters outside the Base64 alphabet, although this isn't documented here.