localhost Won't Immediately Update

Question

I have been using XAMPP to connect to localhost to do editing on my computer for websites. I have been using it for over a year now and in the past whenever I would update the local file, I could refresh the page on my browser and it would immediately update. Now, I can't get it to update even if, for example, an image file has changed.

I'm wondering if it's an issue with cookies (which I haven't had in the past). Is there a common reason that this happens? I couldn't find anything upon a search. Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

I've had the same problem and solved it simply by reloading the current page, ignoring cached content. There is a shortcut that I know works for Chrome and Firefox:

For PC:

Ctrl + Shift + R

For Mac:

Command + Shift + R

I hope it will make life easier for some people.

Answer 2

Just delete all the temporary browser-related files, I used C-Cleaner. Add header <meta http-equiv="Cache-control" content="no-cache">

I solved the issue using this method.