Ruby (or my recommended choice of Python) is likely going to take you longer in the short term than PHP is. But you'll probably save some time with maintenance

Ruby (or my recommended choice of Python) is likely going to take you longer in the short term than PHP is. But you'll probably save some time with maintenance and new features in the future, and learn something new. So, if you're not in a big rush, I'd learn a better language than PHP.