How would I make it where someone has to be a member of my site to download a file?

Well, you have to authorize who they are, and if there account matches a row in the data base then there allowed the files, if not they are given an error.

Can I do this with PHP or do I have to configure my server?

It would be done with php yes and you may have to configure your server. There are tons of content management systems available.

All the CMS I've seen so far are for text only. Does anyone know how to create one for .exe files?

After a lot of searching I found this code:

// define some variables
$local_file = 'test.zip';
$server_file = 'test.zip';
// set up basic connection
//$ftp_server= "ftp://elfcommunity.com/";
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
// login with username and password
$ftp_use_name= "my username";
$ftp_user_pass= "my password";
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// try to download $server_file and save to $local_file
if (ftp_get($conn_id, $local_file, $server_file, FTP_BINARY)) {
    echo "Successfully written to $local_file\n";
} else {
    echo "There was a problem\n";
}
// close the connection
ftp_close($conn_id);

But every time i test it it echos there was a problem.

ftp_get is to get a file (or files) from a remote location to your server

Originally Posted by tecno40

All the CMS I've seen so far are for text only. Does anyone know how to create one for .exe files?

I'm pretty sure that some open source CMS (Content Management Systems) will suit your needs.

I fixed the problem !!! What I did was save the file in a folder locked with a password and used this code:

    
   header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
    header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
    header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($file));
    header('Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary');
    header('Expires: 0');
    header('Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0');
    header('Pragma: public');
    header('Content-Length: ' . filesize($file));
    ob_clean();
    flush();
    readfile($file);
    exit;