This likely means that the server has been upgraded, or possibly had it's security setting tweaked. A responsible web host should alert you prior to making such a change, or at least alert you afterwards.

Basically the directive in the included .htaccess file is being ignored, so Apache doesn't know that the "directory" file is indeed a PHP script.

Possibly you can fix it by trying a different syntax for the directive, but if none of these 3 variations work, I can on;y suggest you contact your web host.

Code:

<Files directory> ForceType application/x-httpd-php #SetHandler application/x-httpd-php #ForceType x-httpd-php </Files>

Try each of the 3 directives by toggling the commented lines (lines that start with # are commented, and ignored) Possibly you just have teh wrong syntax.. or worst case, your server has been configured to completly ignore .htaccess files