php 5.5.5 not working with Apache 2.4.7

Question

OK, so recently I decided to upgrade my server. I downloaded apache 2.4.7 "httpd-2.4.7-win32-VC11.zip" and extracted all the files, configured them for my use and

Answer 1

I am not sure what solved it. But this is all I DID

-Did a fresh install of win 7 64 bits from scratch
-Installed Visual Redistributed x86 and x64
-Installed Apache 2.4.7 and php 5.5.5
-made sure to save php file with .php ending and saved it in ANSI or UTF-8 Encoding ..not unicode (I think this was the problem  ...  :D stupid me )

And voilà ...its working