使用cron或其他东西？

Question

I need to make an app where admin will add football match.

Then, these matches will show up on a home page and will be added before match is going to start of course. Now, if he adds it in 17:15, and match starts in 20:45, I need it to have label match started and I will then disable it or remove it from page.

I'm using codeigniter php framework, I don't see they have something useful for cron jobs. Is using cron way to go in this case? I will probably need to use php native cron functions

Any advice appreciated

Answer 1

I don't see what cron could possibly do here, except maybe cleanup old database entries periodically.

All you need to do, is check the current time with the start time in your database.