$cityval        = preg_replace('/(\s)+/', ' ', $cityval);               
$serial_extra  = preg_replace('/(\s)+/', ' ', $serial_extra);               
$serial_extra  = preg_replace('!s:(\d+):"(.*?)";!e', "'s:'.strlen('$2').':\"$2\";'", $serial_extra);                
I was using PHP 5.6 version, once I upgrade it to 7.1 version it shows an error "code deprecated". Please suggest me any better replacement of this code
 
    