How to clear browser cache with php?
PhpBrowserCachingPhp Problem Overview
How to clear browser cache with php?
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
header("Cache-Control: no-cache, must-revalidate");
header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");
header("Content-Type: application/xml; charset=utf-8");
Solution 2 - Php
You can delete the browser cache by setting these headers:
<?php
header("Expires: Tue, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 GMT");
header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");
header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0");
header("Cache-Control: post-check=0, pre-check=0", false);
header("Pragma: no-cache");
?>
Solution 3 - Php
With recent browser support of "Clear-Site-Data" headers, you can clear different types of data: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Clear-Site-Data
header('Clear-Site-Data: "cache", "cookies", "storage", "executionContexts"');
Solution 4 - Php
It seams you need to versionate, so when some change happens browser will catch something new and user won't need to clear browser's cache.
You can do it by subfolders (example /css/v1/style.css) or by filename (example: css/style_v1.css) or even by setting different folders for your website, example:
www.mywebsite.com/site1
www.mywebsite.com/site2
www.mywebsite.com/site3
And use a .htaccess or even change httpd.conf to redirect to your current application.
If's about one image or page:
<?$time = date("H:i:s");?>
<img src="myfile.jpg?time=<?$time;?>">
You can use $time on parts when you don't wanna cache. So it will always pull a new image. Versionate it seams a better approach, otherwise it can overload your server. Remember, browser's cache it's not only good to user experience, but also for your server.