Hi guys,

Thanks for for sharing this on the forum.
I had exactly the same problem and this also solved it for me.

My .htaccess file only contained ForceType application/x-httpd-php
Adding a 5 to the end of that line did not work but adding your suggested line SetHandler application/x-httpd-php5 did the job.
PHP 5.2.5
Apache 1.3.41

I've only just registered on this new forum but I always had great support via the old forum during my PHPlinks development phase
http://www.chilternphoto.org.uk/introduction/photogroup/search/index.htm

Thanks again to both of you.