Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 20000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 3.011 ms (1.46M)
Serialize read: 5.322 ms

JSON save: 2.779 ms (876.74K)
JSON read: 7.630 ms

PHP save: 11.174 ms (1.78M)
PHP read: 17.885 ms

Memcache set: 3.726 ms
Memcache get: 2.043 ms

IGBinary save: 2.322 ms (364.66K)
IGBinary read: 1.462 ms

MsgPack save: 3.274 ms (638.3K)
MsgPack read: 3.032 ms

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