Re: Performance of buffer based functionality (JSON, AES, serialize())

I think there is much to gain by improving the serialization speed in PHP. It is used everywhere from caches like memcache, to sessions or manual data input into DB. I would say that there are very few non-trivial apps that would not benefit from a more compact and faster serializer. In our specific work-use-case switching to igbinary improved the speed of the overall page generation by 2-3%. On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Completely different topic :) > > I've been looking a bit into performance around json encoding, hashing+encryption (aes) > and serialize()/unserialize(). Data that is marshaled and often transmitted over the wire. > > I know there have been some high-end apps that have benefited from some custom serializers, > etc... (typically platform dependent). > I wonder if people here think improvements in these areas would move the needle for the > majority of mainstream apps or not. > > Thanks, > > Andi >