Help with Mime and php

Hello I got to put up some php pages on a server that I don´t got acces to with more than http and ftp and the problem is that I don´t know if the server has php support I tried to put up a file I called test.php that with a simple php code <? print "php test"; ?> to se if it hade php support put the browser wanted me to download the file insted I then tried to add a mime type throw a web addministrationtool that is instaled on that server the mime type i tried was application/x-httpd-php with extension .php Can any one tell me if there is another way to check that ther really is php support on the server (The one who I'm doing it fore says there is) or am I using the wrong mime type ? Thanks / Tobbe