To put it bluntly I have been up for about 26 hours now, and have been working on this problem for about half that, help is greatly needed; If you have the skill or just want to help somone in dire need of it, I really need input on this.
I have instaled PHP under apache 2 by the book, as in I read the docs for both php and apache 2 50 times and followed the instructiions for from source installs.. however when I go to view a php file it instead tries to have me download it; Now I know what your thinking and I wish it was that simple, but httpd.conf has the needed lines added so php should be interpeting it instead of sending it as a file download, but instead the server tries to download it to me.
The thing is, its NOT downloading the php file at all, just a blank page with NO data on it.. as strange as that is, what gets me is I have done everything the manuals tells you to do and googling for info on this just gets me info on common newbi errors that dont aplie to me since the configs are setup and this is acting slightly different.
I have no idea wtf to do, Im tired and I think I have the flu or am sick from all my stress latley, I just want to get into bed and sleep; but I cant do that till this is taken care of, and I have no idea what to do next as I have tried everything I can think of.. Please, if you have ANY IDEA AT ALL, even something that seems stupid or simple, post it, Im at the end of my rope and I have no clue why why this is not working or how to fix it, and usualy I get things working just fine.