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What is Max-age in cache-control?
Cache-control: max-age It is the maximum amount of time specified in the number of seconds. For example, max-age=90 means that a HTTP response remains in the browser as a cached copy for the next 90 seconds before it can be available for reuse.
What is Max-age in cookie?
Set the cookie “Max-Age” attribute. A positive value indicates when the cookie should expire relative to the current time. A value of 0 means the cookie should expire immediately. A negative value results in no “Max-Age” attribute in which case the cookie is removed when the browser is closed.
What is Max-age in header?
max-age. The max-age directive states the maximum amount of time in seconds that fetched responses are allowed to be used again (from the time when a request is made). For instance, max-age=90 indicates that an asset can be reused (remains in the browser cache) for the next 90 seconds.
What does the Cache-Control max-age Directive mean?
Cache-Control max-age. This directive tells the browser or intermediary cache how long the response can be used from the time it was requested. A max-age of 3600 means that the response can be used for the next 60 minutes before it needs to fetch a new response from the origin server.
How to set cache expiration on static images?
I have a php site using html5 run on a linux server on godaddy. I need to set a cache expiration date on static images and a css file. I also need to gzip a css file and cannot seem to find the correct syntax for either. I am not sure if I am making this too complicated or what.
Which is cache overrides max-age or Expires header?
Overrides max-age or the Expires header, but only for shared caches (e.g., proxies). Ignored by private caches. Indicates the client will accept a stale response. An optional value in seconds indicates the upper limit of staleness the client will accept.
What does it mean when cache age is 1 year?
The header is open to interpretation – a 1 year cache could mean “this asset expires in a year, at which point you should fetch a fresh copy from the server”. Or it could mean “this asset never expires, so don’t ever bother downloading this file again”.