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Posted by magnus hansen
magnus hansen
1,630 Points

How to cache images and files on my website?

What shall I do, to make my website caching images, and other files, so it can load faster? do I have to make a new file like .htaccess? and where do I have to place it?

1 Answer

Joel Torres
Joel Torres
6,053 Points
Joel Torres
Joel Torres
6,053 Points

The circumstances are important, a general method could be: Cache-Control: max-age=number of seconds and optionally equivalent Expires: header. header('Cache-control: max-age='.(60*60*24*365)); header('Expires: '.the datetime of expiration); You need to create your own method to work with the cache, you may find good info about cache here:

Cache Explained

Cache Link