Are you aware that PHP's serialize format is used by various non-PHP modules as an exchange format? E.g.
Perhaps serialized data could be contain a serializer version number/tag, in the future? If version info is not found, it could default to the old/current format. The serializer could switch based on version number/tag.
Just an idea.
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