cant run script from the browser tree (no replies)

Hello

I had to reinstall my hard disks and all partitions, so WAMP too. I followed the tuts at this forum for that purpose.

I have WAMP running and it all seems okay.
I copypasted the old files back to the www first.

Then I made the virtual hosts again.
After that I made a test index.php script with the following code:

<?php

echo "<br><br> php is configured correct " ;


?>

but very unexpected the screen output was:


php is configured correct " ; ?>
so it added " ; ?>

removing the <br> even gives a blank screen as output.

But when using the virtual host address I made, it gives the correct output in the browser.

Where should I find the solution for this problem?

Are there any settings in php or apache that should be adjusted?

I hope someone here can help with finding answers.