using PHP 4.0.4pl1 under Linux

I configured php as:
./configure --with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-pgsql=/usr/local/posgresql --enable-track-vars --enable-gd=../gd1.8.3 --enable-ftp --enable-discard-path

now.. the problem is simple... i create script to run from the shell containing the following:

#!/usr/local/bin/php
<?
	echo "asdf";
?>

the problem: PHP prints #!/usr/local/bin/php on top of all output.. i tried to use output buffering to suppress it, but it doesnt catch it, without the #!/usr/local/bin/php I cant run the script from shell properly ... 

I noticed this issue since version 4.0.3pl1 (I think) .. but it was not existant in past versions (4.0.2 ,  etc)