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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) HTML: The Structural Foundation of Web Pages and Applications Image Tags

Oscar Gomez
Oscar Gomez
6,797 Points

when using "https://placeimg.com/400/400/people", the image doesn't change upon refresh. It stays the same. Any ideas?

this happened during the first lesson using index.html

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

Assigning a random or time tag in the PHP doesn't help, because it's only done once when the page is created at the server, and the browser still caches the page and doesn't reload it on refresh.

The JavaScript trick works because because it happens in the browser, and the browser re-runs it on refresh.

Nadia Reyhani
Nadia Reyhani
488 Points

so you mean we need Javascript tricks to control the UI ? I still have a long way to Js concepts. will try it when I got to learning those subjects. Many thanks

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

Your browser may be displaying a cached image instead of fetching a new one.

You can add a fake query string to your image URL to prevent the browser from using the cached version with a line of JavaScript:

document.querySelector("img").src += "?nocache=" + Math.random();

This particular script will only work for the first image on the page.

Nadia Reyhani
Nadia Reyhani
488 Points

I have the same issue, I tried your solution however it didn't work for me! I even tried to give a random stamp to avoid browser saves the images : <img src="https://placeimg.com/200/200/tech"?t=<?php echo time();?"> alt =""> no luck to fix this issue!