MATLAB like functionalities in PHP, JS or Python? For web app

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I'm helping a friend in developing a project for our alma mater. And its based on this paper. based on this paper:
(PDF) An Enhanced Indoor Positioning Method Based on Wi-Fi RSS Fingerprinting[^]

and inside this paper their is this algorithm that the proponents of the research used:

Algorithm 1 proposed method
1. Input data of fingerprints 𝑅𝑆𝑆𝑚,𝑖(𝑙) and (𝑥𝑙
, 𝑦𝑙), 𝑙 = 1, … , 𝐿 ; 𝑚 = 1, … , 𝑀, 𝑖 = 1, … , 𝑛
2. Input data of test 𝑅𝑆𝑆′
𝑗,𝑖
, 𝑗 = 1, … , 𝑁 ; 𝑖 = 1, … , 𝑛
3. for m=1:M do
4. for l=1: 𝐿 do
5. for j=1:N do
6. Calculate the Euclidian distance, 𝐷𝑗,𝑚(𝑙), between 𝑅𝑆𝑆′
𝑗,𝑖 and 𝑅𝑆𝑆𝑚,𝑖(𝑙)
7. end for
8. Select the minimum (with respect to j) distance 𝐷𝑚,𝑙 among 𝑁
9. end for
10. end for
11. Sort each column of the matrix 𝐷𝑀×𝐿
in ascending order, to obtain the matrix 𝐷𝐶𝑀×𝐿
.
12. Store the 𝑘𝑙
𝑡ℎ
(l = 1,…,L) element of each column of the matrix 𝐷𝐶𝑀×𝐿
in a vector.
13. Select the RP that has the minimum distance in this vector.
14. Output the coordinates of this RP as the estimated position.

and according to the paper. the authors used MATLAB 2014 to translate that algorithm. I don't know if that will be applicable to us because:

1. We don't have license for matlab (and piracy is a no no)
2. The project we are developing is using a mobile app to get the signal (using wifi) web app to monitor the users and I don't know if MATLAB can be used in web.
The algorithm is used to get the signal strength of a mobile and the location and it will be incorporated in the website.

My question is can PHP or JS or Python be used as a substitute for MATLAB?

What I have tried:

I'm currently just researching about this and any queries will be very welcome as this is my first time working with algorithms and especially matlab.