Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 100000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 2.843 ms (1.5M)
Serialize read: 3.787 ms

JSON save: 1.690 ms (575.25K)
JSON read: 6.442 ms

PHP save: 8.171 ms (1.7M)
PHP read: 25.991 ms

Memcache set: 5.635 ms
Memcache get: 2.178 ms

IGBinary save: 1.359 ms (719.52K)
IGBinary read: 1.997 ms

MsgPack save: 1.470 ms (359.37K)
MsgPack read: 2.845 ms

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