Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 20000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 2.253 ms (1.61M)
Serialize read: 3.832 ms

JSON save: 2.486 ms (991.23K)
JSON read: 6.875 ms

YAML save: 28.177 ms (932.64K)
YAML read: 35.662 ms

PHP save: 11.551 ms (1.89M)
PHP read: 15.608 ms

Memcache set: 3.497 ms
Memcache get: 1.901 ms

IGBinary save: 2.076 ms (364.94K)
IGBinary read: 1.372 ms

MsgPack save: 2.916 ms (733.52K)
MsgPack read: 2.924 ms

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