title: How to download a php file without executing it?
body: <p>im working on a content management system for that i have to download a php file using php code without executing. any one can help me on this</p>
  
  <p>it is some thing like ftp. i have added the options to upload, edit and download a file. it is working fine. but while downloading a php file it is executed instead of downloading...</p>
  
  <p>What i tried is:<br></p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  $file = $_REQUEST['file_name'];
  
  if (file_exists($file)) {
      header('Content-Description: File Transfer');
      header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
      header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.basename($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));
  
      include_once($file);
      exit;
  }
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>