Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 20000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 1.775 ms (1.61M)
Serialize read: 2.918 ms

JSON save: 2.104 ms (991.15K)
JSON read: 6.569 ms

YAML save: 21.076 ms (932.56K)
YAML read: 26.056 ms

PHP save: 9.574 ms (1.89M)
PHP read: 13.871 ms

Memcache set: 3.813 ms
Memcache get: 1.672 ms

IGBinary save: 1.840 ms (364.77K)
IGBinary read: 1.229 ms

MsgPack save: 2.465 ms (733.24K)
MsgPack read: 2.462 ms

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