i loded mysql, and it has all these php file
they sure appear somewhat like html files

i need to be able to read php files
redhat 8.0
httpd-2.0.40-11.5

i did :
rpm -qa | grep php
and got:
php-ldap-4.2.2-8.0.8
php-imap-4.2.2-8.0.8
php-4.2.2-8.0.8

And you've configured apache to use php by adding or editing it in your httpd.conf file?

Yeah - you should have LoadModule and AddType directives for php in httpd.conf

well i think i have...
there is a dir /etc/httpd/conf.d
in there is php.confi

there is:
Include /etc/httpd/conf.d/*.conf
in httpd.conf,
so, id think that the php.conf IS being executed
(i can post the contesnt, if needed)

i cant, using the gui, get anything associated wit a phop,
and, when i go to a file, with mozilla, it llookks like source

Can you post the php.config and httpd.conf files.

this is in:
/etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf



#
# PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language which attempts to make it
# easy for developers to write dynamically generated webpages.
#

LoadModule php4_module modules/libphp4.so

#
# Cause the PHP interpreter handle files with a .php extension.
#
<Files *.php>
SetOutputFilter PHP
SetInputFilter PHP
LimitRequestBody 524288
</Files>

#
# Add index.php to the list of files that will be served as directory
# indexes.
#
DirectoryIndex index.php


Include /etc/httpd/conf.d/*.conf
appears in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

and i added this:

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

I'm not actually sure that you need the AddType with:
<Files *.php>

Are you getting any error messages in your error_log file?

OH..... might it be working ?????????

i have this file: phpinfo.php
<?php
phpinfo();
?>

and i have a whole page of info.....
(like so oftern happens.... its working, but i havent a clue why ???)

That's it working.

Perhaps this is the first time you restarted apache?