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website_optimization [2012/02/15 22:33]
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 +====== Website Optimization ======
  
 +  * [[Optimization]]
 +
 +  * [[http://​us.php.net/​manual/​en/​function.session-cache-limiter.php|PHP:​ session_cache_limiter]]
 +
 +
 +==== PHP Caching ====
 +
 +Anytime PHP uses a session, it applies the setting in ''​session_cache_limiter''​ in the PHP configuration. ​ This setting sends HTTP headers which directly affect the browser'​s caching.
 +
 +Caching is disabled by default when sessions are used.  The preferred approach would be to set it globally to ''​public'',​ and have pages that need real-time data disable it using ''​session_cache_limiter''​.
 +
 +The length that the browser is told to cache its contents is set by the ''​session.cache_expire''​ setting in the PHP config. ​ The default value is 180 minutes (3 hours). ​ Use ''​session_cache_expire''​ to override the value.
 +
 +Here are the headers each setting sends:
 +
 +**nocache (default)**
 +
 +Disables caching in the browser completely.
 +
 +<​code>​
 +Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
 +Cache-Control:​ no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate,​ post-check=0,​ pre-check=0
 +Pragma: no-cache
 +</​code>​
 +
 +**public (preferred)**
 +
 +Lets the browser cache the contents of the webpage.
 +
 +<​code>​
 +Expires: (sometime in the future, according session.cache_expire)
 +Cache-Control:​ public, max-age=(sometime in the future, according to session.cache_expire)
 +Last-Modified:​ (the timestamp of when the session was last saved)
 +</​code>​
 +
 +**private**
 +
 +Prefers that a proxy handle caching.
 +
 +<​code>​
 +Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
 +Cache-Control:​ private, max-age=(session.cache_expire in the future), pre-check=(session.cache_expire in the future)
 +Last-Modified:​ (the timestamp of when the session was last saved)
 +</​code>​