[offtheroad]

Originally Posted by wirehopper

You could try putting this in a file named .htaccess, in the same directory as the .php / .xml files

Code:

<FilesMatch "\.(php|xml)$">
  Header set Cache-Control: "no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, pre-check=0, post-check=0, max-age=0"
</FilesMatch>

Is that the name of the text file or the extension> if it's the extension what would be the name and just the opposite if thats the name what's the extension?
I warned you earlier I know nothing about php.

[wirehopper]

This isn't PHP. This is what's known as an .htaccess file (hence the name). It is a local configuration file that affects the directory it is placed in, and those beneath it.

The posted code tells Apache that if the file extension is .php or .xml, to tell the browser not to cache the content sent. That means every time the browser sees those file names, it will send the request to the server, instead of using cached content which is already on the PC.

Without these directives, it is possible the browser will save the file content from the server until the cache control settings expire, prior to requesting a new copy.

I checked your server, and it's an Apache machine (this can be determined with Firebug).

I'm not positive this is the problem - but it is definitely possible and this is a low risk way to check.

[offtheroad]

What should I name it or what should I save it as? txt, xml ?
Thanks

[Jcbones]

name the file exactly

.htaccess

That is it, no other letters, periods, or spaces.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/htaccess.html

[offtheroad]

thanks again so it will be htaccess.rtf saving it out of Text edit app.

[offtheroad]

put it in the root level and it didn't work. I did not put it in any folders.

[wirehopper]

It might work at the root level, but it must be named .htaccess.

[offtheroad]

I realize this is an elementry question but what I'm trying to ask you is it called the same as it's extension htaccess.htaccess ?

[offtheroad]

The reason for all the "what extension" questions was because Mac's won't let you save that way (without some sort of extension) so I saved it as a reg. txt doc dropped it into the server and changed it there to .htaccess. But still it didn't help. I then put it into the php folder and no luck.

[offtheroad]

Am I suppose to change in the htaccess text FilesMatch to gallery since that is the xml I'm having problems with?