www to non-www using PHP

[Djoscar]

Hey guys!

I need some help setting up a PHP script to redirect my homepage from www to non-www.

I'm on Windows server, so I can't use .htaccess and it's a shared hosting so I can't use IIS.

So, i guess the only thing left for me to use is PHP redirect, right?

Should the code be something like this?

<?
Header( "HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently" ); 
Header( "Location: http://new-url.com" ); 
?>

Also, when I put index.php in my root folder, and go to freeiphone.co.uk it shows a 404 error. I guess i need to add something to the code to tell the browser that index.php is the default homepage file?

So, could help me and tell me the correct code to use for both problems above, please?

Thanks!

[Zazizizou]

You can put an actual page in your non-www site that shows the new link (manual redirecting).

I don't know how the code should be but aren't there a redirecting function in html/java code ?

[Djoscar]

Originally Posted by Zazizizou

You can put an actual page in your non-www site that shows the new link (manual redirecting).

I don't know how the code should be but aren't there a redirecting function in html/java code ?

Sorry, I don't get what you mean by the first sentence..

And the html redirects like meta redirect are 302 temporary redirects and are bad for SEO I think. And I don't think they would work with redirecting www to non-www.

[Zazizizou]

Originally Posted by Djoscar

Sorry, I don't get what you mean by the first sentence..

And the html redirects like meta redirect are 302 temporary redirects and are bad for SEO I think. And I don't think they would work with redirecting www to non-www.

Never mind. Sorry.