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Does PHP header() cache the redirect and, if so, how to prevent it from doing that?

I need to show my users a slightly different version of the front-page before opening date. The idea was to redirect them to home.html in the index.php (the main-site) by using header("location:home.html"), and after the opening, remove that redirect so they load the real index.php.

The problem is, if I do that, will the browser cache the redirect and take them to cached version of home.html even after I have removed the redirect from the index.php? If so, how do I prevent that?

The end goal is, show the user uncached brand new version of the site after opening date.

Solution

  • There are multiple kinds of redirections. You want a temporary.

    header("HTTP/1.1 307 Temporary Redirect");
header("Location: https://example.com/home.php");

    PHP is not caching redirects, but the browser may. So when used temporary it won't.