Cache manifest caches network files

Question

I'm having an issue with my cache manifest file. This is what it looks like (some files have been removed from the list to make it shorter):

CACHE MANIFEST
#r8

CACHE:
fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg
fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot
fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf
fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff
css/bootstrap.min.css
css/receipt.min.css
css/smoothness/jquery-ui-1.10.3.custom.css

NETWORK:
index.php
*
http://*

I've had some trouble with index.php caching so I cleared my cache and opened the console in Google Chrome, then I reloaded the page.

Application Cache Progress event (12 of 13) http://www.magnusburton.com/stackd/index.php:1
Application Cache Progress event (13 of 13)
Application Cache UpdateReady event

From what I can see, it looks like Chrome is still caching index.php even if it's under the NETWORK section.

How can I prevent any browser from caching this file?

Answer 1

You can't - The page referencing the appcache manifest will always get cached, even though you specify it to not get cached.

See green section of 6.7.3.3, just below 32. here: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/offline.html#parsing-cache-manifests