title: Which mysql column type for serialize(data)?
body: <p>I am serializing alot of arrays in php that are to be stored in a database using mysql.</p>
  
  <p>The length of the final string can vary greatly from anything inbetween 2000 to 100,000+, I was wondering what would the best column type for this to be?</p>
  
  <p>I currently have it set as <code>LONGTEXT</code> but I feel this is overkill! The database is already active and has around 3million rows this is a new column which will added soon.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>