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<?php $strings = [ "999TB2", "9999XX" ]; $re = '/^(?|(\d{3})([A-Z]{2})(\d)|(\d{2})(\d{2})([A-Z]{2}))$/'; foreach ($strings as $str) { echo preg_replace($re, '$1-$2-$3', $str) . PHP_EOL; }
Output for 8.2.34, 8.3.0 - 8.3.35, 8.4.1 - 8.4.26, 8.5.0 - 8.5.11
999-TB-2 99-99-XX

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