PHP not working with Apache on Windows 7

[NicholasB]

I'm a newbie with PHP/Apache/MySQL but have succesfully installed it on 3 different Win XP systems (2 XP Pro, 1 XP Home), and have a few weeks experience getting simple examples to work.

However, when I tried exactly the same installation on a Windows 7 PC, Apache just will not load PHP

The Apache Monitor exe doesn't show it as running and php files do nothing

 

I have altered php.ini as before, and httpd.conf (to see php folder & dll's and to use index.php as a default - same as I did on XP machines)

 

I'm using Apache 2.2.17 (Win32) and PHP 5 (download = php-5.3.3-Win32-VC6-x86.zip)

I've extracted to C:\PHP and modified INI file same as for the XP machines

(following instructions from a book)

 

Browsing to localhost shows the apache 'It Works' page but php will not work

Just writing this I notice the PHP ZIP says 32bit and my Win 7 is 64 bit, but surely backward compatibility ???

 

Help appreciated ... TIA ....  :'(

 

[NicholasB]

Ok rectified. I read a post further down. Solution is to use a folder such as C:\WebServer not the Apache default of program files x86