Re: PHP Serialization Performance

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:04 AM, Waynn Lue <waynnlue@gmail.com> 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! > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > According to this (http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.var-export.php#76099), serialize is faster than var_export. -- -Casey