Does this happen with Apache 1.3.26 ? And what is the script like this parse error comes with?

I didn't tried it with Apache1.3.26.
The Script that produces the error is: "<? phpinfo() ?>", but all other scripts return the same.

exactly how did you configure Apache2? (what lines you added/modified in httpd.conf)

Action php-script /cgi-bin/php
AddHandler php-script .php
-- or --
ScriptAlias /x-mod-httpd-php4 "/here/is/my/bindir"
Action php-script /x-mod-httpd-php4/php
AddHandler php-script .php

I tried it with Apache1.3.26, same error.

I've set up Apache 1.3.26 with php and suexec.

php: ./configure --enable-force-cgi-redirect

This works if it's configured as i said... but this one is wrong:
_ENV["SCRIPT_NAME"]  =   /x-mod-httpd-php4/php

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don't use discard path.

but really, fixed in cvs.

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I do beleive you should not have any configuration for PHP in httpd.conf when you use --enable-discard-path?  See http://www.php.net/manual/en/security.cgi-bin.php Case 4.  If properly configured in this situation, you should not see the self parsing bug.  If --enable-discard-path is not what you really want, use --enable-force-cgi-redirect with the configuration you provided a long time ago.