Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 20000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 1.584 ms (1.46M)
Serialize read: 2.839 ms

JSON save: 1.887 ms (876.71K)
JSON read: 6.497 ms

PHP save: 8.640 ms (1.78M)
PHP read: 14.238 ms

Memcache set: 3.789 ms
Memcache get: 1.706 ms

IGBinary save: 2.208 ms (364.65K)
IGBinary read: 1.187 ms

MsgPack save: 2.443 ms (638.28K)
MsgPack read: 2.524 ms

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