Compare serialize/unserialize PHP functions

Using 20000 element array as source data

Serialize save: 2.154 ms (1.61M)
Serialize read: 3.164 ms

JSON save: 2.330 ms (991.31K)
JSON read: 6.914 ms

YAML save: 22.927 ms (932.73K)
YAML read: 30.325 ms

PHP save: 10.236 ms (1.89M)
PHP read: 14.693 ms

Memcache set: 3.661 ms
Memcache get: 1.741 ms

IGBinary save: 2.012 ms (364.82K)
IGBinary read: 1.362 ms

MsgPack save: 2.753 ms (733.37K)
MsgPack read: 2.541 ms

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