>I'll probably need to check for the existence of "If-Modified-Since" in
>the request header then return the 304, so that it downloads the first
>time. Then requiring I actually respond with a correctly formatted
>"Last-Modifed".
Yes, by looking at the headers of the browsers request & then s
Mark
Your post wasn't OT, I just thought maybe my reply might of been.
I'll probably need to check for the existence of "If-Modified-Since" in
the request header then return the 304, so that it downloads the first
time. Then requiring I actually respond with a correctly formatted
"Last-Modifed"
I really don't think this is OT at all. HTTP is the basis of everything we
do and is very much a "web standard".
I think that if you put the following line of code in your stream.php file:
header("HTTP/1.0 304 Not Modified");
it should solve your problem. Use the LiveHTTPHeaders plugin for Fire
Thanks Mark
[OT] though relevant to web caching.
Has anyone been able to convince a browser to cache images that are
served like this
Adding various header directives in the response should work, but the
browser always insists on reloading the image.
During standard image requests the web
Very nice & thorough article on how web caching works and how it can be used
wisely.
http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/
Cheers
Mark
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