<?php
$input = <<<'TEXT'
1. Qatar
2. Qatar
3 . Cathay
4. Qatar
2 . British
3. Qantas
TEXT;
$output = preg_replace('/(\d+)([.\s]*)/m','$1 . ',$input);
echo $output;
- Output for 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.6 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.13
- 1 . Qatar
2 . Qatar
3 . Cathay
4 . Qatar
2 . British
3 . Qantas
preferences:
145.56 ms | 408 KiB | 5 Q