$this->salt = base_convert(sha1(uniqid(mt_rand(), true)), 16, 36)

$s = 'password';
$salt        = 'salt5678901234567890123456789012';
$salt_prefix = 'salt567890123456789010'; // first 21 chars of salt + 0

$h1 = password_hash($s, PASSWORD_BCRYPT, array('salt' => $salt));
$h2 = password_hash($s, PASSWORD_BCRYPT, array('salt' => $salt_prefix));

echo $h1 . PHP_EOL;
echo $h2 . PHP_EOL;

//Result
$2y$10$salt56789012345678901uTWNlUnhu5K/xBrtKYTo7oDy8zMr/csu
$2y$10$salt56789012345678901uTWNlUnhu5K/xBrtKYTo7oDy8zMr/csu

$this->salt = base_convert(sha1(uniqid(mt_rand(), true)), 16, 36)

php > var_dump(password_hash('foo', PASSWORD_DEFAULT, ['salt' => str_repeat('a', 22).'b']));
string(60) "$2y$10$aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaO8Q0BjhyjLkn5wwHyGGWhEnrex6ji3Qm"
php > var_dump(password_hash('foo', PASSWORD_DEFAULT, ['salt' => str_repeat('a', 22).'c']));
string(60) "$2y$10$aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaO8Q0BjhyjLkn5wwHyGGWhEnrex6ji3Qm"
php > var_dump(password_hash('foo', PASSWORD_DEFAULT, ['salt' => str_repeat('a', 22).'d']));
string(60) "$2y$10$aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaO8Q0BjhyjLkn5wwHyGGWhEnrex6ji3Qm"

base64_encode(  base64_decode($salt) . $actualHashInBinary  )

base64_encode(  base64_decode($salt) . $actualHashInBinary  )