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I have 8 php files in the folder for a website, and a styles.css that is included. At the beginning everything worked perfectly but now the website doesn't change when I change something in CSS. However, the site still uses what was already in the same css document. even if i kick the styles.css out of the folder, the styles are still loaded. Only when I remove the link in the html head (even if the link does not lead to a file when I remove it as a test) are the styles no longer applied.

I use VS Code, Chrome and XAMPP

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    Sounds like you got a run-of-the-mill caching problem. Use [ctrl]+[f5] to force a reload that circumvents the cache (or whatever the equivalent might be for your browser/system), or keep your browser dev tools open with the "Disable cache" option activated on the network panel. Commented Oct 20, 2022 at 10:45
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    Your browser might cache the CSS file. Use a "hard refresh" (Ctrl+F5 in most browsers) to force it to re-download a copy from the webserver. Commented Oct 20, 2022 at 10:45

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In the head tag

<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css?v=<?php echo time(); ?>" >

This will reload the css everytime the page loads.

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