If you have SSI enabled on your server the Last-modified header won't be sent, it should be sent for all static pages.
On Dec 18, 5:15 pm, Magnificent <imightbewrongbutidontthin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm making some progress, if I include the following: > > <?php > $last_modified = filemtime("test.txt"); > header("Last-Modified: " . $last_modified); > ?> > > I get a response header with: > Last-Modified 1229624249 > > If I then wait a bit and make a change to cause test.txt to be > updated, I get: > > Last-Modified 1229627412 > > So I'm definitely getting the Last-Modified header sent but all the > responses still show up as 200. I should be getting 304s until > test.txt is updated, then get one 200, then more 304s until test.txt > is update again, right? > > On Dec 18, 11:05 am, Mike Alsup <mal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I take it back, my livedata_fetch.php is coming back with a 200 > > > status, but I want it coming back with a 304 not modified, right? > > > That means it'll only fetch the file if it's been updated since the > > > last time it was fetched? > > > Right. The server needs to set the Last-Modified header for this to > > work correctly. If it does, jQuery will use that date/time in the If- > > Modified-Since header. If the resource has not been modified then the > > server should return an empty response body with a 304 status.