14th day both parts

14/part1.php

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+<?php
+$input    = file('input', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
+$template = array_shift($input);
+$pairs    = [];
+foreach ($input as $item) {
+    $line = explode(' -> ', $item);
+    $pairs[$line[0]] = $line[1];
+}
+
+
+$newTemplate = $template;
+for ($j = 0; $j < 10; $j++) {
+    $tmpTemplate = $newTemplate;
+    for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($tmpTemplate) - 1; $i++) {
+        $window      = substr($tmpTemplate, $i, 2);
+        $newTemplate = substr_replace($newTemplate, $pairs[$window], $i + 1 + $i, 0);
+    }
+}
+$characters = array_count_values(str_split(($newTemplate)));
+sort($characters);
+echo array_pop($characters) - array_shift($characters); //2549
+

14/part2.php

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+<?php
+$lines = file('input', FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES | FILE_SKIP_EMPTY_LINES);
+
+$mapings         = [];
+$before          = [];
+$initialMappings = [];
+$template        = array_shift($lines);
+for ($i = 0; $i < strlen($template) - 1; $i++) {
+    $pair          = substr($template, $i, 2);
+    $before[$pair] = 1;
+}
+foreach ($lines as $item) {
+    $line                      = explode(' -> ', $item);
+    $mapings[$line[0]]         = $line[1];
+    $initialMappings[$line[0]] = 0;
+}
+
+for ($step = 1; $step <= 40; $step++) {
+    $after = $initialMappings;
+    foreach ($before as $pair => $count) {
+        $left  = $pair[0] . $mapings[$pair];
+        $right = $mapings[$pair] . $pair[1];
+        $after[$left]  += $count;
+        $after[$right] += $count;
+    }
+    $before = $after;
+}
+$letters = [];
+foreach ($before as $pair => $count) {
+    $left = $pair[0];
+    if (!isset($letters[$left])) {
+        $letters[$left] = 0;
+    }
+    $letters[$left] += $count;
+}
+$letters[substr($template, -1)] += 1;
+sort($letters);
+
+echo array_pop($letters) - array_shift($letters); //2516901104210

README.md

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 ### DAY 13 - Folding paper
 
 - [part1](13/part1.php)
-- [part2](13/part2.php)
+- [part2](13/part2.php)
+
+### DAY 14 - Polymeric lanternfish
+
+- [part1](14/part1.php)
+- [part2](14/part2.php)