problem with PHP and Apache

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i'm running Apache 1.3 with PHP 4 support and MySQL. I installed using the AppServ bundle from www.appservnetwork.com. i created some PHP sites but none of them seem to work. even the simplest such as:

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

won't work. i keep getting the error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in x:\xxxxxx\xxxxx\test.php on line 1

Any help? I'm new in PHP and Web desing. thanx.

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also i might add, i get this error when i visit the page from my browser http://localhost/test.php

when i open the file, i get an empty page!

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never mind. i found the problem in the code. somehow Dreamweaver inserts a line that creates problems when using XHTML!