Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 20000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 1.953 ms (1.46M)
Serialize read: 3.325 ms

JSON save: 2.253 ms (876.72K)
JSON read: 7.099 ms

PHP save: 10.662 ms (1.78M)
PHP read: 15.354 ms

Memcache set: 3.983 ms
Memcache get: 1.958 ms

IGBinary save: 2.712 ms (364.8K)
IGBinary read: 1.456 ms

MsgPack save: 2.717 ms (638.44K)
MsgPack read: 2.878 ms

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