Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 20000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 1.895 ms (1.46M)
Serialize read: 2.996 ms

JSON save: 1.897 ms (876.76K)
JSON read: 6.710 ms

PHP save: 8.783 ms (1.78M)
PHP read: 14.974 ms

Memcache set: 3.110 ms
Memcache get: 1.899 ms

IGBinary save: 1.735 ms (364.83K)
IGBinary read: 1.312 ms

MsgPack save: 2.605 ms (638.47K)
MsgPack read: 2.697 ms

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