I too use php for automation. It has a lot of "built ins" that are always there (reading csv files for example/ json reading), which I find makes things a litt

I too use php for automation. It has a lot of "built ins" that are always there (reading csv files for example/ json reading), which I find makes things a little easier for a lot of simple things. if i have to crunch numbers in a script I like R, or Python w/ Pandas