Never cache dynamic file

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#1

Hi,

Is there a way that I can force EasyEngine nGinx not to cache a dynamic WordPress file?

My login pages shouldn’t be cached so that they can be dynamically updated look and feel based on cookies set.

I have tried setting PHP headers in the hope that nGinx would read these and not even cache the response.

Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT Pragma: no-cache

Any way I can do this with PHP headers alone rather than nGinx configuration changes?

#2

Something doesn’t match… EE settings for Nginx ensure dynamic pages never get cached.

Please, provide more information (at least the cache mechanism you are using — or the login URL so we can take a look at the headers, but probably you won’t wish to disclose such information here.

#3

Thanks for your quick reply. I’ve configured EE to use Fast Cache. It’s a WordPress install but has completely bespoke auth pages.

You mentioning this however made me do a little digging. I’ve actually just setup a custom config file with a caching rule which I think will have fixed my issue without changing core nginx files -

cache_rules.conf -

if ($request_uri ~* "(/account/(?:login|resetpw|))/") {
  set $skip_cache 1;
}

So for anyone with a similar issue this would go in /var/www/[domain]/conf/nginx/cache_rules.conf.

Before restarting nginx (/etc/init.d/nginx restart), run a configtest (/etc/init.d/nginx configtest) to ensure it has been setup correctly and nginx will begin.

Thank you, Chris.

#4