% /usr/local/php5/bin/php --version
PHP 5.2.6 (cli) (built: May 11 2008 13:09:39) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies
    with Zend Extension Manager v1.2.2, Copyright (c) 2003-2007, by Zend Technologies
    with Zend Optimizer v3.3.3, Copyright (c) 1998-2007, by Zend Technologies

% echo '<?= phpversion() ?>' | /usr/local/php5/bin/php
5.2.6

% printf '#!/usr/local/php5/bin/php\n<?= phpversion() ?>' > version
% chmod +x version
% ./version
5.2.6

% mv version x.php
% ./x.php
4.4.9

In case you're wondering, this machine is running Linux, not Windows.

November 6, 2009 update: I asked and got a quick answer on serverfault: somebody changed /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/php.