How do I force a page to be re-validated?

Debbie-Leigh

Hi,

I'm trying to force a page to be re-validated every time someone views it, even when they click the back button. I'm currently using:

header("Expires: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s", strtotime("-1 year")) . " GMT");
header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
header("Pragma: no-cache");

However, my pages still seem to display without the server being called when the back button is pressed.

Can anyone suggest the correct headers/code I can use to force the server to be re-called when the back button is pressed?

Debbie

reddrum

Hi Debbie,
I dont know if this is even a good idea, but it should force the server to reload the page.

<html>

<head>
  <title></title>
  <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
     function reload_page(){
        document.reload.submit();
     }
  </script>
</head>

<body onload="reload_page()">
    <form name="reload" action="#" method="POST"></form>
</body>

</html>

halojoy

reddrum wrote:

Hi Debbie,
I dont know if this is even a good idea, but it should force the server to reload the page.

<html>

<head>
  <title></title>
  <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
     function reload_page(){
        document.reload.submit();
     }
  </script>
</head>

<body onload="reload_page()">
    <form name="reload" action="#" method="POST"></form>
</body>

</html>

A little problem only.
If form has got action to itself, then you get an endless loop.

So, we have to find a way to break this loop.

🙂

reddrum

yes I just realized that, BAD IDEA!