[FX.php List] [OFF] Reload page in Safari after back button?

BEVERLY VOTH beverlyvoth at gmail.com
Thu Mar 1 12:13:47 MST 2012


something in javascript to test the window.history()? just stabbing here....

also I googled "javascript prevent back button", but didn't follow any links. Perhaps something promising there?

Beverly

On 01 Mar 2012, at 1:57 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:

> Hi Denis
> 
> Thanks, but that doesn't make any difference in Safari.
> 
> Best,
> -Joel
> 
> 
> On Mar 1, 2012, at 7:52 AM, Denis Somar wrote:
> 
>> I believe this has to do with browser caching.  Try adding this to the header of your PHP and it should force it to reload:
>> <META HTTP-EQUIV="CACHE-CONTROL" CONTENT="NO-CACHE">
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Denis
>> 
>> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Joel Shapiro <jsfmp at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi all!
>> 
>> Safari, as far as I know, is the only browser that doesn't automatically reload a page after clicking the Back button.  (e.g.: Echo some $_SESSION vars on page1, update those vars on page2, then click the Back button.  In Safari, page1 still shows the original vars until you click Reload.  All other browsers show the updated vars as soon as you click Back)
>> 
>> I found one fix: "Setting onunload="" in the body-tag causes Safari to invalidate the page and reload it upon window.history.back();",
>> but I'm wondering how other people here deal with this.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5297122/preventing-cache-on-back-button-in-safari-5/5305905#5305905
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> -Joel_______________________________________________
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