note 92284 added to function.serialize

I needed to serialize an array to store it inside a database. I was looking for a fast, simple way to do serialization, and I came out with 2 options: serialize() or json_encode(). I ran some benchmarks to see which is the faster, and, surprisingly, I found that serialize() is always between 46% and 96% SLOWER than json_encode(). So, if you don't need to serialize objects and have the json extension available, consider using it instead of serialize(). ---- Server IP: 213.92.11.19 Probable Submitter: 79.44.250.49 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.serialize.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/92284 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92284/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92284/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92284/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92284/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92284/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92284/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/92284 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/92284 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php