Prevent cache in CloudFlare

php caching cloudflare no-cache

Tomás Juárez · Mar 21, 2013 · Viewed 21.7k times · Source

I'm getting started with CloudFlare and I’m using it to build a new project.

I’m facing an issue when I make changes: I cannot see my changes in the browser, so I assume the problem here is the cache setting of CloudFlare.

I have read this link, about the CloudFlare cache, so I put the following meta-tag in my html:

<meta http-equiv="Cache-control" content="private">

But the problem still remain.

Should I put other meta-tags, or prevent -somehow- caching from the server-side? (I'm using PHP)

Answer

cloudflare has a Development mode option that:

Changes to cacheable content (like images, CSS, or JavaScript) will be visible immediately.
CloudFlare's accelerated cache will be disabled.
Development mode will automatically toggle off after 3 hours.
If changes to your site are not immediate, press shift-reload.

You will also be able to turn off the Development mode at any time during the 3 hours.

Hope this helps with people looking for the same answer to this question or if you still have this issue.