Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 100000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 2.930 ms (1.5M)
Serialize read: 4.418 ms

JSON save: 1.775 ms (575.1K)
JSON read: 6.726 ms

PHP save: 8.392 ms (1.7M)
PHP read: 26.222 ms

Memcache set: 5.834 ms
Memcache get: 2.348 ms

IGBinary save: 1.345 ms (720.2K)
IGBinary read: 1.999 ms

MsgPack save: 4.033 ms (360.04K)
MsgPack read: 2.648 ms

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