apache and php installation problem

Hi, i currently installed latest apache and php on my RH 7.2 system. However, i allways get the following error now: /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl configtest Syntax error on line 216 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load /usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server: €Ø+@€Ø+@((Ø+@Ø+@˜Ø+@˜Ø+@ Ø+@ Ø+@¨Ø+@¨Ø+@°Ø+@°Ø+@¸Ø+@¸Ø+@ÀØ +@ÀØ+@ÈØ+@ÈØ+@ÐØ+@ÐØ+@ØØ+@ØØ+@àØ+@àØ+@èØ+@èØ+@ðØ+@ðØ+@øØ+@øØ +@: shared object not open The error_log says: Cannot load /usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so into server: /usr/local/apache/libexec/libphp4.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ...but the file IS there! I don't understand this error. I had to comment all php-based lines within the httpd.conf file, to get apache up and running again! My problem is, that i need to get php up and running asap, so any help is more than welcome. Thanks in advance, regards, Duncan