Basic Ajax Cache Issue

Question

I have a single page that I need to on occasion asynchronously check the server to see if the status of the page is current (basically, Live or Offline). You will see I have

Answer 1

You can check if it's a caching issue by adding unique ID to the url:

change url: '/live/live.php', to url: '/live/live.php?'+new Date().getTime(),

Cheers

G.