Comments on: mod_rewrite Fix for Caching Updated Files http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-fix-for-caching-updated-files.html Advanced Web Development Thu, 16 May 2013 00:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Petr http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-fix-for-caching-updated-files.html#comment-2766 Petr Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:10:08 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-code-to-fix-caching-updated-files.html#comment-2766 this article is crazy... bad bad bad

- file.ext?v=135 doesn't mean huge bandwidth...
use header: expires, last-modified, etag and on cache-control DIDN'T USE must-revalidate
-> client will no more ask your server ... until expires

that url contain '?' means nothing...

]]> By: eugene http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-fix-for-caching-updated-files.html#comment-2761 eugene Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:41:46 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_rewrite-code-to-fix-caching-updated-files.html#comment-2761 why so complicated reg-exp?
it didn't work for me.
finally I utilized more general one (but for css/js only):

RewriteRule ^(.+)-([d]+).(js|css)$ $1.$3 [L]
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