Refresh page?

basil

Is there a way to force a page to "refresh"? I have a little game I wrote and each page has an image (jpg) on it. When I start a new game, I use new images, but when you go into the game, you still see the old images (in your cache) unless you refresh. Is there a way, viq php (or even html) to cause a page to refresh every time someone hits it so that you are sure they are seeing the latest stuff?

Thanks,
Basil

paulnaj

Always a bit of a problem, this one.

THe problem is, is that is it a user preference whether to use the browser's cache or not.

cyclops

simple solution, grab time() and glue this to the name of the image, for instance :
image.jpg?102398455
this way the cache is always overruled

phpprogrammer

hai,

actually this problem comes when you are using the IE browser or neoplanet browser

use this type of coding

if your page is showimage.php

instead of using the header function in php or location.href=showimage.php in javascript

use the following code then you will not get any old images

<?
echo"<META HTTP-EQUIV=\"Refresh\" Content=\"0; URL='showimage.php?imagno=20' \">";