Task: Gaussian elimination
Python: 


import copy
from fractions import Fraction

def gauss(a, b):
    a = copy.deepcopy(a)
    b = copy.deepcopy(b)
    n = len(a)
    p = len(b[0])
    det = 1
    for i in range(n - 1):
        k = i
        for j in range(i + 1, n):
            if abs(a[j][i]) > abs(a[k][i]):
                k = j
        if k != i:
            a[i], a[k] = a[k], a[i]
            b[i], b[k] = b[k], b[i]
            det = -det
            
        for j in range(i + 1, n):
            t = a[j][i]/a[i][i]
            for k in range(i + 1, n):
                a[j][k] -= t*a[i][k]
            for k in range(p):
                b[j][k] -= t*b[i][k]
                
    for i in range(n - 1, -1, -1):
        for j in range(i + 1, n):
            t = a[i][j]
            for k in range(p):
                b[i][k] -= t*b[j][k]
        t = 1/a[i][i]
        det *= a[i][i]
        for j in range(p):
            b[i][j] *= t
    return det, b

def zeromat(p, q):
    return [[0]*q for i in range(p)]

def matmul(a, b):
    n, p = len(a), len(a[0])
    p1, q = len(b), len(b[0])
    if p != p1:
        raise ValueError("Incompatible dimensions")
    c = zeromat(n, q)
    for i in range(n):
        for j in range(q):
                c[i][j] = sum(a[i][k]*b[k][j] for k in range(p))
    return c


def mapmat(f, a):
    return [list(map(f, v)) for v in a]

def ratmat(a):
    return mapmat(Fraction, a)



a = [[2, 9, 4], [7, 5, 3], [6, 1, 8]]
b = [[1, 0, 0], [0, 1, 0], [0, 0, 1]]
det, c = gauss(a, b)

det
-360.0

c
[[-0.10277777777777776, 0.18888888888888888, -0.019444444444444438],
[0.10555555555555554, 0.02222222222222223, -0.061111111111111116],
[0.0638888888888889, -0.14444444444444446, 0.14722222222222223]]


matmul(a, c)
[[1.0, 0.0, 0.0], [5.551115123125783e-17, 1.0, 0.0],
[1.1102230246251565e-16, -2.220446049250313e-16, 1.0]]



det, c = gauss(ratmat(a), ratmat(b))

det
Fraction(-360, 1)

c
[[Fraction(-37, 360), Fraction(17, 90), Fraction(-7, 360)],
[Fraction(19, 180), Fraction(1, 45), Fraction(-11, 180)],
[Fraction(23, 360), Fraction(-13, 90), Fraction(53, 360)]]

matmul(a, c)
[[Fraction(1, 1), Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(0, 1)],
[Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(1, 1), Fraction(0, 1)],
[Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(0, 1), Fraction(1, 1)]]

PHP: function swap_rows(&$a, &$b, $r1, $r2)
{
    if ($r1 == $r2) return;

    $tmp = $a[$r1];
    $a[$r1] = $a[$r2];
    $a[$r2] = $tmp;

    $tmp = $b[$r1];
    $b[$r1] = $b[$r2];
    $b[$r2] = $tmp;
}

function gauss_eliminate($A, $b, $N)
{
    for ($col = 0; $col < $N; $col++)
    {
        $j = $col;
        $max = $A[$j][$j];

        for ($i = $col + 1; $i < $N; $i++)
        {
            $tmp = abs($A[$i][$col]);
            if ($tmp > $max)
            {
                $j = $i;
                $max = $tmp;
            }
        }

        swap_rows($A, $b, $col, $j);

        for ($i = $col + 1; $i < $N; $i++)
        {
            $tmp = $A[$i][$col] / $A[$col][$col];
            for ($j = $col + 1; $j < $N; $j++)
            {
                $A[$i][$j] -= $tmp * $A[$col][$j];
            }
            $A[$i][$col] = 0;
            $b[$i] -= $tmp * $b[$col];
        }
    }
    $x = array();
    for ($col = $N - 1; $col >= 0; $col--)
    {
        $tmp = $b[$col];
        for ($j = $N - 1; $j > $col; $j--)
        {
            $tmp -= $x[$j] * $A[$col][$j];
        }
        $x[$col] = $tmp / $A[$col][$col];
    }
    return $x;
}

function test_gauss()
{
    $a = array(
        array(1.00, 0.00, 0.00,  0.00,  0.00, 0.00),
        array(1.00, 0.63, 0.39,  0.25,  0.16, 0.10),
        array(1.00, 1.26, 1.58,  1.98,  2.49, 3.13),
        array(1.00, 1.88, 3.55,  6.70, 12.62, 23.80),
        array(1.00, 2.51, 6.32, 15.88, 39.90, 100.28),
        array(1.00, 3.14, 9.87, 31.01, 97.41, 306.02)
    );
    $b = array( -0.01, 0.61, 0.91, 0.99, 0.60, 0.02 );

    $x = gauss_eliminate($a, $b, 6);

    ksort($x);
    print_r($x);
}

test_gauss();