XAMPP not processing PHP code

I have installed XAMPP after disabling my AVG and disconnecting my pc from the internet. I tried to run XAMPP but got error in the logs that the port was in use (by Skype) changed the post in the XAMPP port settings in http.conf to Listen 8080

Ran XAMPP in admin most on the pc and all seems to startup ok.

I created a folder in c:xampphtdocs called myfiles and created a file called index.php file with the following in it…

<?php echo(“hello”); ?>

I then visit [url]http://localhost/myfiles/index.php[/url] in firefox and get a blank page.

I try to view the source code of this page and that too is blank.

So I create another file in myfiles folder called index.html and view that at [url]http://localhost/myfiles/index.html[/url]

But still get a blank page and not source code.

XAMPP control panel shows that both Apache and MySQL are running.

What could I be doing wrong that is causing the pages to show blank ?

Cheers

Jason

Windows 7 (64Bit)
XAMPP CP v3.2.1

I used the file called xampp-win32-1.8.3-5-VC11-installer.exe to install XAMPP

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