Re: including remote files and caching

included and required files aren't cached per se they are cached along with the document which they become part of, but there's nothing in the file passed to the client to indicate that they are separate files, and as such, they cannot be individually cached. so, despite having the same content on multiple pages, the client has no way of knowing that the content is the same (it has no reference to the source file) for the same reasons, this won't affect how the document itself is cached, as there is no client-side relationship between included file and the document passed to the browser im not sure how well im explaining this, but im sure you get my drift chris dowell ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Tao <ptao@intellibarter.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 12:15 AM Subject: [PHP] including remote files and caching > Hi, > > i am using the include function to call remote files for inclusion in my > pages e.g.: > > <? include "http://www.blahblah.shtml"; ?> > > I am finding that the files that i am including are taking far longer > than i would expect to load in subsequent calls to the same includes (i > use the includes in every page to wrap around some other content) and i > fear that they may not be getting cached. does the include function > have any impact at all on how the browser caches images or html pages > within the include? > > or is there a better way to call the file besides using the include > function to potentially speed things up? > > TIA > > Pat Tao > ptao@well.com > > ********** > > "Go 'Bows!" > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >