The PHP programmers tell me to just do a lazy check on each page load for auctions that are closed I don't know if I believe this blanket statement. I personal

The PHP programmers tell me to just do a lazy check on each page load for auctions that are closed I don't know if I believe this blanket statement. I personally can't imagine a competent PHP programmer, let alone any programmer suggesting this route. While it may be in vogue to bash PHP programmers, it's doubtful that asking this question in #php would produce such a result. As a matter of fact, you could've just as easily said "The Ruby programmers", or "The Python programmers", since I'm sure there exists a group of programmers using those languages that may think that suggestion is a good idea. Grouping an entire set of programmers into your question is in poor taste. This is my opinion, as a very competent PHP programmer.