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1,988 PointsPlaceholder not displaying different images when the web page is refreshed
I observed that when I pasted the url - http://placeimg.com/400/400/people in my src tag, it was displaying only one image despite refreshing the page.
Could anyone help with the reason(s) for the above mentioned observation?
Thanks in advance.
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,198 PointsMost likely, your browser is trying to be efficient by caching the image. Try doing a no-cache reload if your browser has that function (most do, in Chrome it's Ctrl-F5).
You can also use a bit of JavaScript to change the URL each time to prevent the cached copy from being used:
document.querySelector("img").src += "?nocache=" + Math.random();
Note that this particular script only targets the first image on the page.
sunnybest
1,988 Pointssunnybest
1,988 PointsThanks for your advice, I tried Ctrl-F5 and it worked