Re: [PHP] PHP Serialization Performance

[Casey <heavyccasey@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:04 AM, Waynn Lue <waynnlue@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm using PHP to cache files that are backed by the database.  In the
>  course of writing these functions, I end up with a set of variables
>  that are needed by my application, returned in an array.  I can either
>  directly generate the array in a .php file, then use require_once to
>  get that variable, or I can use PHP serialization, write that array
>  out to a file, then in my application read the array in, deserialize,
>  etc.
>
>  I spent awhile trying to look at the performance of php serialization,
>  but except for one unsubstantiated comment on the php serialize() doc
>  page, I haven't found much.  Does anyone have any knowledge of that,
>  and also of the two approaches in general?  The pro of the
>  serialization is that I think it's slightly easier to write, but the
>  con is that it's harder to read.
>
>  Thanks!
>
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According to this
(http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.var-export.php#76099),
serialize is faster than var_export.

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