PHP force refresh image
Add the modified date to the end of the image as a query.
<img src="/images/photo.png?=1239293"/>
In PHP
<img src="/images/photo.png?=<?php echo filemtime($filename)?>"/>
In PHP you can send a random number or the current timestamp:
<img src="image.jpg?<?=Date('U')?>">
or
<img src="image.jpg?<?=rand(1,32000)?>">