diff --git a/day_22/part_1.php b/day_22/part_1.php
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+<?php
+
+$players = explode("\n\n", file_get_contents('input.txt'));
+
+[$cards_1, $cards_2] = $players;
+$cards_1 = explode("\n", $cards_1);
+array_shift($cards_1);
+$cards_2 = explode("\n", $cards_2);
+array_shift($cards_2);
+
+while (!empty($cards_1) && !empty($cards_2)) {
+    $card_1 = array_shift($cards_1);
+    $card_2 = array_shift($cards_2);
+    $cards = [$card_1, $card_2];
+    rsort($cards);
+    if ($card_1 > $card_2) {
+        $cards_1 = array_merge($cards_1, $cards);
+    } else {
+        $cards_2 = array_merge($cards_2, $cards);
+    }
+}
+
+$final_deck = empty($cards_1) ? $cards_2 : $cards_1;
+
+$final_deck = array_reverse($final_deck);
+
+$sum = 0;
+for ($i = 1, $l = count($final_deck); $i <= $l; $i++) {
+    $sum += ($i * $final_deck[$i-1]);
+}
+
+echo $sum;
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