PHP page not linking with updated css file

Question

My CSS is linked in my head tag underneath the title tag like this:

<link href="css/main.css" rel="stylesheet">

I was working with the styles yesterday and it was applying the styles well.

Today i am adding new styles and they are not working with the PHP file, it still has the css from yesterday when i check the page source even though i have changed the css file.

What has happened?

Try a hard reload (open your browser console, right click on the refresh button, and select "Hard Reload" or "Empty Cache and Hard Reload") — Sumner Evans
– Sumner Evans, Commented May 6, 2015 at 19:57
The PHP is used further down the page inside a div to show a gallery. — Jordan
– Jordan, Commented May 6, 2015 at 19:57

Kenny Hung · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-09 11:24:46Z

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Hard reload is the correct fix here (CTRL+R in Chrome, similar in other browsers).

You can also fix the issue forever by appending your link to the css file with a query variable that changes, say, every day so that browsers will only cache the css file for a day.

<link href="css/main.css?date=<?php echo date('Y-m-d'); ?>"> rel="stylesheet">

edited May 9, 2015 at 11:24

answered May 6, 2015 at 20:05

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2 Comments

Brock B. Over a year ago

Adding the date as the query string is pretty genius. I've been using a config variable and manually managing my versions in the variable. Looks like I'm switching all of my applications to something of that nature.

Kenny Hung Over a year ago

Just noticed, the href wouldn't have worked as it was; now corrected.

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