Re: IMAGE LOADED...

On Sun, August 13, 2006 8:03 am, tedd wrote: >> This leads >>to the opposite problem of IE caching DYNAMIC images when it should >>not, which is a whole different rant. :-) > > In that case, I just added a random string to end of the image url > like so: > > images/myimage.jpg?a=adj12k4mfdi > > If I remember correctly, it seemed to work. Works okay for images on MOST browsers, but not some ancient IE versions. Will also fail as a generalized technique for a PDF if the user has configured Adobe Reader to open in a Adobe rather than as a plug-in. Also fails as a generalized technique for the PDF embedded in an FDF. Basically, IE simply does not deal well with Rich Media (non-HTML) dynamic content. It's quite narrow-minded on what can be "dynamic" on the Internet. I personally would recommend that folks solve this problem in a generalized way using URL re-writing with $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] as I have posted in the past (several times, actually) because that solution works well across the board, and means you can re-use the code for Images, PDFs, FDFs, Ming (PHP-generated Flash), MP3s, etc instead of having different code-bases for each. The basic technique for this is posted in a rant here: http://richardlynch.blogspot.com in case anybody cares. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm