Re: [PHP] PHP Serialization Performance

["Waynn Lue" <waynnlue@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks very much, I ended up using seralize in the database.

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 4:42 AM, Casey <heavyccasey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
>  --
>  -Casey
>

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