Apache +Php -----help

I have problem making apache1.3.17win32 and php4.0.4 to work on win98se I am able to load both apache and php on startup,did a few php and apache cofiguration i read from the manual and i wrote a script in php and when I execute the php script in apache i got the same php script that i wrote What am i doing wrong, can someone point me to the right direction, i am willing to send php.ini and httpd.conf to anyone who is willing to help.