301 redirect via index.php in server root not redirecting properly - http-status-code-301

I am having issues with a 301 redirect.
I just purchased new shared web hosting. I then set the nameservers (of the domain I wish to redirect) to the new webhost nameservers.
I then uploaded index.php into public_html via cPanel.
Inside index.php I have the following code:
<?php
header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
header("Location: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/my_company_page");
?>
I then went to the domain and it did not redirect properly in a web browser.
Instead of being redirect to:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/my_company_page
I was redirected to:
http://www.OriginalDomain.com/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/my_company_page
I have done this several times over the past few years....I looked at another website I have (same shared hosting company, same method of 301 redirecting) and it's working perfectly.
Can you guys/gals figure out why it's not working this time?
Could it be due to DNS not propagating (yet) as I just switched over the nameservers.


WHat about header("Location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/my_company_page");?


I don't have any files in the server. I just want to redirect via index.php. I have done this many times before....but I cannot figure out why this time it is not working.
I'm suspecting it's due to the DNS still propagating....but was hoping someone could confirm that.

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if your website is hosted in CPANEL then
GOTO -> Redirects in ( Domains Menu )
Choose the type Permanent (301)
choose your domain.com
www.domain.com in redirects to→ __
check the box on Redirect with or without www
finally CLick ADD
if your website is hosted in PLESK then
do it in your program level
or
plesk11.0.29 version above supports the 301 peramanent

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https://kb.mediatemple.net/questions/242/How+do+I+redirect+my+site+using+a+.htaccess+file%3F
# This allows you to redirect your entire website to any other domain
Redirect 301 / http://mt-example.com/
Add this in a file named .htaccess on your host, but set it to the URL you want your main page to be.
To make a .htaccess file, you can always go in FTP, upload an empty .txt file, open it with notepad, put in the lines of code above, then rename it to .htaccess.

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