php code isnt read

i dont know if its just because of my computer, but ive had the same problem with, xampp, wamp, and using just straight apache, php, and mysql, the problem i get is that it doesnt read and process the php code on the pages, it either just shows it as a source, shows just the php code, shows some of the html in the page, and all the php up at the top, anyone have any ideas on the matter?

Can you show your code ?

Do you use short tags ? (depreciated)

i tried a couple of website scripts that i have on my harddrive, and i tried both <? tags and <?php, the <?php makes it read some of the code, but not all of it, i will post the index page of one of the site scripts


[pastie.org]

In fact, you must use <?php to open, and ?> to close ;)

How do you run php script ? what do you put into your navigator ?

ive tried 127.0.0.1 and localhost with the file name after it, and i have tried using the long php tag, only makes it partially work

Partially ? do you have any example ?