PHP 5 on Win2003 Server

I have a problem installing PHP 5 on Win2003 Server-Web Edition. (PHP 5 downloaded from www.php.net)

I know the site was working fine with HTML pages, and I know that PHP was running from the command line, but every time I tried to hit a PHP page, it would give a 400 error. (Yes, even a page with "<?php print "Hello world!"; ?>" will give the error.)

After re-imaging that machine to get a fresh install of IIS 6, I tried installing PHP 5 again with the same result. I tried mapping it manually per the installation document. Also tried using the Windows installer.

In both instances, I was able to get the 'php-cgi.exe' to print its version of phpinfo() using 'php-cgi.exe -i'. Any php pages would give the 400 error.

I have gotten PHP 4.3.9 to run like a charm (or as charming as a newb can make it run!), but I would like to run PHP 5, as that is what my PHP books refer to.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hmmm strange, i have never really used IIS so i am assuming somewhere you would of set the location of the php parser. Double check that you have the correct location listed. I would pick apache any day over IIS but thats just me (and probably alot of people on codewalkers)

*Sigh* I'd rather not have to go about running a whole other server...

If I were to go about setting up my server via Apache, which version of Apache and PHP is optimal?

Apache 1.3.x is optimal for php 5.
Apache

Dont let what everyone else uses decide what you should use, the only reason i use apache over IIS or other software is that. I find it easy to install, configure and very stable.

Apache 2.x.x seems to have problems with php 5 so you are advised not to run php 5 on apache 2 for the time being. Try getting an older version of IIS eg 5 or something because that might fix it.