Core 5 Apache 2.2.2 PHP 5

[Craig Thomas]

That partially solved it   the php file containing phpinfo
> worked but the html file with it imbedded inside did not display anything

Right. By default, Apache won't process files with .html as an extension 
as php files...just the .php .  I've never done this, but I'll bet you 
can use the AddType directive:

see:

/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

and

/etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf



>         Also where is the php.config file hidden as I do need to alter 
> it to add "ZIP" support

It lives here:

/etc/php.ini