Building a Multi-Region Cron System for Video Freshness
php
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Introduction Keeping video content fresh across multiple regions requires a well-designed cron system. At ViralVidVault, a single cron command handles fetching trending videos from 7 European regions, refreshing stale content, and cleaning up old records. Here's how it all fits together. The Cron Architecture One script, multiple steps, executed sequentially: // cron/fetch_videos.php declare(strict_types=1); require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php'; $startTi