<?php $numbers = array_map('intval', explode("\n", file_get_contents('input.txt'))); $current_slice = array_sum(array_slice($numbers, 0, 3)); $count = 0; for ($i = 1, $l = count($numbers) - 3; $i <= $l; $i++) { $new_slice = array_sum(array_slice($numbers, $i, 3)); if ($new_slice > $current_slice) { $count++; } $current_slice = $new_slice; } echo $count;