Is there any difference, with respect to SEO, performance, or otherwise, in setting 301 redirects in a .htaccess file vs calling PHPs http_redirect()
Is there any difference, with respect to SEO, performance, or otherwise, in setting 301
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Is there any difference, with respect to SEO, performance, or otherwise, in setting 301 redirects in a .htaccess file vs calling PHPs http_redirect()
Using the .htacess method prevents PHP being invoked which is technically faster. As it’s sometimes said that SEO is influenced by response time, this can be a benefit.
Next to that webservers most often have a better implementation of the redirect procedure which is often honoured by SEO – and if not that, then by your potential site users.
If you’re looking for a better implementation in PHP, see
http_redirect.