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Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 PointsPage wont update when I refresh it.
First of all I would like to say that I just purchased my first Macbook the other day, so I'm pretty new to everything on here.
I started doing a little coding today and I noticed that when I would refresh the browser to see the changes I made to my code the page refreshed but the changes I made didn't, until about the 6th time I refreshed it (about 15 seconds later). this is still happening and I sadly have no idea how to fix it. if anyone can help, it would be great!
I've tried to use Chrome, Firefox, and Safri.
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 PointsI was doing simple HTML. although I am using a localhost.
5 Answers
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 PointsFound the problem! for future references, this is what I did:
- open MAMP.
- click preferences.
- then choose the 5.2.17 PHP version.
- set cache to "
--"
I don't know why MAMP isn't working correctly for the latest version of PHP. hopefully the version differences wont matter to much.
Hope this helps someone out!
Hampton Paulk
5,093 PointsNext time this happens try holding the shift key when hitting refresh. Usually the no refresh issue is usually with browser caching.
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 PointsTried it, and it's still not refreshing. have any other tips?
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 PointsI have found another problem that you might be able to help with. for some resin when I make a mistake with my php code, MAMP doesn't give me a hint of where my error occurred like it would on XAMMP. Ex: unidentified variable on line 26 (or something like that). would you how how to fix this?
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsnavigate to Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/conf/php.ini
change
display_errors = Off
to
display_errors = On
restart your server and see if that fixed it.
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 PointsThanks a lot! you hit the nail right on the head.
jamesnorberto
5,968 PointsHolding shift while refreshing just worked for me.
While running mamp HTML would update instantly with a refresh, but CSS didn't work. If I opened the file in the browser it worked, though.
After pressing shift+command+refresh I am no longer having this problem..
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 PointsThis problem seems to only occur when using my MAMP local host.
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsive noticed the same, so im curious as to how you can fix it, or if you can at all. In the videos nobody ever has to restart his server to see changes. I find I always have to restart my server to see changes.
Randy Hoyt might be able to help
Elliott Frazier
Courses Plus Student 9,647 PointsI think we better tag Hampton Paulk instead since Randy isn't with Treehouse anymore.
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsoh interesting. Didnt know that he left
Nick Pfisterer
1,056 PointsNick Pfisterer
1,056 PointsAre you simply coding in your text editor, saving your files, then refreshing your browser or are you using a more advanced workflow, e.g. WordPress development or something else involving a local server?