Task: Reduced row echelon form
C++: #include <algorithm> 
#include <cstddef>
#include <cassert>




























template<typename MatrixType> struct matrix_traits
{
  typedef typename MatrixType::index_type index_type;
  typedef typename MatrixType::value_type value_type;
  static index_type min_row(MatrixType const& A)
  { return A.min_row(); }
  static index_type max_row(MatrixType const& A)
  { return A.max_row(); }
  static index_type min_column(MatrixType const& A)
  { return A.min_column(); }
  static index_type max_column(MatrixType const& A)
  { return A.max_column(); }
  static value_type& element(MatrixType& A, index_type i, index_type k)
  { return A(i,k); }
  static value_type element(MatrixType const& A, index_type i, index_type k)
  { return A(i,k); }
};



template<typename T, std::size_t rows, std::size_t columns>
 struct matrix_traits<T[rows][columns]>
{
  typedef std::size_t index_type;
  typedef T value_type;
  static index_type min_row(T const (&)[rows][columns])
  { return 0; }
  static index_type max_row(T const (&)[rows][columns])
  { return rows-1; }
  static index_type min_column(T const (&)[rows][columns])
  { return 0; }
  static index_type max_column(T const (&)[rows][columns])
  { return columns-1; }
  static value_type& element(T (&A)[rows][columns],
                             index_type i, index_type k)
  { return A[i][k]; }
  static value_type element(T const (&A)[rows][columns],
                            index_type i, index_type k)
  { return A[i][k]; }
};




template<typename MatrixType>
 void swap_rows(MatrixType& A,
                 typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type i,
                 typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type k)
{
  matrix_traits<MatrixType> mt;
  typedef typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type index_type;

  
  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= i);
  assert(i <= mt.max_row(A));

  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= k);
  assert(k <= mt.max_row(A));

  for (index_type col = mt.min_column(A); col <= mt.max_column(A); ++col)
    std::swap(mt.element(A, i, col), mt.element(A, k, col));
}


template<typename MatrixType>
 void divide_row(MatrixType& A,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type i,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::value_type v)
{
  matrix_traits<MatrixType> mt;
  typedef typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type index_type;

  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= i);
  assert(i <= mt.max_row(A));

  assert(v != 0);

  for (index_type col = mt.min_column(A); col <= mt.max_column(A); ++col)
    mt.element(A, i, col) /= v;
}


template<typename MatrixType>
 void add_multiple_row(MatrixType& A,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type i,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type k,
                  typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::value_type v)
{
  matrix_traits<MatrixType> mt;
  typedef typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type index_type;

  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= i);
  assert(i <= mt.max_row(A));

  assert(mt.min_row(A) <= k);
  assert(k <= mt.max_row(A));

  for (index_type col = mt.min_column(A); col <= mt.max_column(A); ++col)
    mt.element(A, i, col) += v * mt.element(A, k, col);
}


template<typename MatrixType>
 void to_reduced_row_echelon_form(MatrixType& A)
{
  matrix_traits<MatrixType> mt;
  typedef typename matrix_traits<MatrixType>::index_type index_type;

  index_type lead = mt.min_row(A);

  for (index_type row = mt.min_row(A); row <= mt.max_row(A); ++row)
  {
    if (lead > mt.max_column(A))
      return;
    index_type i = row;
    while (mt.element(A, i, lead) == 0)
    {
      ++i;
      if (i > mt.max_row(A))
      {
        i = row;
        ++lead;
        if (lead > mt.max_column(A))
          return;
      }
    }
    swap_rows(A, i, row);
    divide_row(A, row, mt.element(A, row, lead));
    for (i = mt.min_row(A); i <= mt.max_row(A); ++i)
    {
      if (i != row)
        add_multiple_row(A, i, row, -mt.element(A, i, lead));
    }
  }
}


#include <iostream>

int main()
{
  double M[3][4] = { {  1, 2, -1,  -4 },
                     {  2, 3, -1, -11 },
                     { -2, 0, -3,  22 } };

  to_reduced_row_echelon_form(M);
  for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
  {
    for (int j = 0; j < 4; ++j)
      std::cout << M[i][j] << '\t';
    std::cout << "\n";
  }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

PHP: <?php

function rref($matrix)
{
    $lead = 0;
    $rowCount = count($matrix);
    if ($rowCount == 0)
        return $matrix;
    $columnCount = 0;
    if (isset($matrix[0])) {
        $columnCount = count($matrix[0]);
    }
    for ($r = 0; $r < $rowCount; $r++) {
        if ($lead >= $columnCount)
            break;        {
            $i = $r;
            while ($matrix[$i][$lead] == 0) {
                $i++;
                if ($i == $rowCount) {
                    $i = $r;
                    $lead++;
                    if ($lead == $columnCount)
                        return $matrix;
                }
            }
            $temp = $matrix[$r];
            $matrix[$r] = $matrix[$i];
            $matrix[$i] = $temp;
        }        {
            $lv = $matrix[$r][$lead];
            for ($j = 0; $j < $columnCount; $j++) {
                $matrix[$r][$j] = $matrix[$r][$j] / $lv;
            }
        }
        for ($i = 0; $i < $rowCount; $i++) {
            if ($i != $r) {
                $lv = $matrix[$i][$lead];
                for ($j = 0; $j < $columnCount; $j++) {
                    $matrix[$i][$j] -= $lv * $matrix[$r][$j];
                }
            }
        }
        $lead++;
    }
    return $matrix;
}
?>