Spontaneous Apache 1.3x libphp4.so load error (10.3.9 Server)

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have 10.3.9 Server with a vanilla install of Apache and PHP 4.4.11 as shiped by Apple with all security updates applied.

This is a production server that has been serving sites since original install a year or so ago. So, I know that Apache and PHP instance was good (up until recently).

However, after a an apache restart attempt, I an ecountered the following error:

Syntax error on line 143 of/etc/httpd/httpd.conf:Cannot load
/usr/libexec/httpd/libphp4.so into server: (reason unknown).

I checked the http.conf and verified that the php include was correct (nothing was changed):

LoadModule php4_module libexec/httpd/libphp4.so
AddModule mod_php4.c

I also checked the libexec directory and verified libphp4.so was present under /usr/libexec/httpd/libphp4.so

Having googled around and search through this forum, I am at a loss as to how to get around this issue and keep PHP 4 enabled. I am about at my wits end with this and would like to avoid a nuclear option of a complete reinstall from source.

Has anyone run into this issue in the past? How can I address this issue?

TIA

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