php not recognized anymore with 1.7.3

[beckj]

I uninstalled my 1.7.1 installation on Windows Vista before I installed 1.7.3 because with previous updates I had problems with mysql. This time mysql is running perfectly but all my php pages are not executed but simply show the plain code in Firefox as well as in IE. All pages with pure html e.g. selfhtml or even phpmyadmin are perfectly OK.
I did a standard installation into c:/xampp.
The htdocs and mysql directories were still there from 1.7.1

Who can help me ?

Thanks for any advice

Juerg

[beckj]

The problem is solved. Finally I found the hint in the php.ini
The <?php and ?> tag combination may not be shortened to <? and ?> anymore.
I hope this hint helps some other users.
Have a nice day