Clear server's cached files

Question

If I load up a file to my server (an apache) via FTP, the file is correctly uploadet, but when I open it in any browser, an older version of that file is shown (btw, it's a php file). I think, resetting the servers cache will solve the problem, but how can I do this?

Can I use php for this? I've found somethin called htcacheclear in the web, but I don't understand. how to use it. The main problem is, that I have no access to a Terminal or Console, that would be a kind of easy...

Any solution?

Answer 1

1) Simply changing the file name serve new files.

OR

2) You can use Apache httpd.conf to do this. Enable mod_headers.so module from httpd.conf and apply those settings at the end of file.

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    ExpiresActive On
    <FilesMatch "!.(gif|jpe?g|png|js|css|php)$">
        ExpiresACtive On
        ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
        Header unset Cookie
        Header unset Set-Cookie
        php_value session.cookie_domain example.com
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\\.(x?html?|php)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600, private, must-revalidate"
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\\.(ico|jpe?g|png|gif|swf|woff)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=31536000, public"
        Header unset Cookie
        Header unset Set-Cookie
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\\.(css)$">
        Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2692000, public"
        #ExpiresDefault A29030400
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\.(js)$">
        #Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2692000, public"
        ExpiresDefault A29030400
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\\.(js|css|xml|gz)$">
        Header append Vary: Accept-Encoding
    </FilesMatch>
    Header unset Pragma
    FileETag None
    Header unset ETag
    Header append Cache-Control "public"
</IfModule>