301 redirect url or htaccess, what is advanced ?

[Jovani]

I do not know a lot htaccess and redirect url (301) with php as;

header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" );
header( "Location: http://www.exampledomain.com" );

Is there any difference or advantage between the two for google?
Can I must use htaccess for redirect url?

 

[mamet801]

I think htaccesss redirect is better than php redirect :]
cz i've tried to use php redirect it's always shown "page moved here"!! Lol

exit;

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^oldsite. net$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^w**. oldsite. net$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ h**p://newsite. net/$1 [R=301,L]

 

[shoopac]

Thank you mamet801

 

[Irish]

I prefer 301 redirect htacess to PHP redirect. It's simple and easy to apply but in some cases you need to use PHP redirect, it's very efficient.