<?php $rucksacks = explode("\n", file_get_contents('./input.txt')); $lettersToNumbers = array_merge(range('a', 'z'), range('A', 'Z')); echo array_sum( array_map( static function($rucksack) use ($lettersToNumbers) { [$f, $s] = array_map('str_split', str_split($rucksack, strlen($rucksack)/2)); return array_search(current(array_intersect($f, $s)), $lettersToNumbers, true) + 1; }, $rucksacks ) );