PHP files get downloaded instead of executed when I try to use a local HTML form

Question

I have installed XAMPP v8.2.0 with Apache and MySql modules running.

Apache/2.4.54 (Win64) OpenSSL/1.1.1p PHP/8.2.0
Database client version: libmysql - mysqlnd 8.2.0
PHP extension: mysqli Documentation curl Documentation mbstring Documentation
PHP version: 8.2.0

When I try to created a form inside HTML code with The form does not get sent to the database. Not only that but the php file gets downloaded.

I have tried looking for AddHandler in the .httaccess file in order to delete but that line of code was not even inside. I don't know what else the problem could be.