Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 20000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 2.316 ms (1.61M)
Serialize read: 13.206 ms

JSON save: 4.926 ms (991.07K)
JSON read: 10.290 ms

YAML save: 30.613 ms (932.48K)
YAML read: 37.110 ms

PHP save: 12.095 ms (1.89M)
PHP read: 15.996 ms

Memcache set: 5.141 ms
Memcache get: 4.803 ms

IGBinary save: 2.689 ms (364.74K)
IGBinary read: 1.420 ms

MsgPack save: 3.574 ms (733.11K)
MsgPack read: 3.020 ms

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