Force a page refresh using Javascript in Firefox

Question

Hi All,

I have a simple request to refresh a page using a Javascript code below:

function tb_closeRefresh() {
    window.location.reload(true);
}

This works fine in IE but Firefox just gets the cached version and needs the user to press F5 to get the latest version of the page.

I have added the meta tag:

<meta http-equiv="Pragma" content="no-cache">

But this does not help.

Any ideas???

Answer 1

This is the code, paste it in your meta tags.

< Meta Http-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT='600; URL=index.php'>

Pay attention to the Content='600; and the URL=index.php'

those are the things you edit.

600 = the amount of seconds between refresh cycles. Change it to whatever you want.

index.php = the file you want to refresh. Change it to whatever page you want to refresh.

I have mine set to index.php to refresh my entire site every 10 minutes.

Answer 2

Hey,

you might call the same page but let it look like it is an other page by changing the querystring:

window.location.href = "index.html" + "?" + Date.parse(new Date());

This works for every browser. You could improve it by extracting the current page out of location.href.

Edit:

If you already have an existing querystring you have to use & insead of ?:

window.location.href = "product.aspx?id=prod" + "&" + Date.parse(new Date());

Answer 3

try

function page_reload() 
{ 
   window.location = 'http://domain.com/page.php'; 
}

or

<a href="javascript:history.go(0);">Click here to refresh the page</a>

Answer 4

If you want to refresh, you can reset window.location to window.location.

window.location = window.location

Assigning window.location will perform a redirect, and since window.location returns the current location, the statement above will act as a redirect.

Answer 5

I don't think Firefox supports reload, you should use window.location.replace(myUrl). I found that this works in IE, Apple Safari, and Firefox. It does NOT seem to work in Firefox on the Mac.