// login info
		$ftp_server = "ftp.headbite.com";
		$ftp_user = "headbite@headbite.com";
		$ftp_pass = "xxxxxxxxx";
		// set up a connection or die
		$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server) or die("Couldn't connect to $ftp_server");
		// try to login
		if (@ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user, $ftp_pass)) {
		    echo "Connected as $ftp_user@$ftp_server\n";
		} else {
			echo "Couldn't connect as $ftp_user\n";
		}
		//passive mode on
		ftp_pasv ( $conn_id, true );
		// upload a file
		$file = $_SESSION['base_path'] . "plugins\\fvLinks\\" . $_SESSION['userId'] . '_links.txt';
		$remote_file = "/headbite.com/subdomains/www/html/links/" . $_SESSION['userId'] . '_links.txt';
		if (ftp_put($conn_id, $remote_file, $file, FTP_ASCII)) {
			echo "successfully uploaded $file\n";
		} else {
			echo "There was a problem while uploading $file\n";
		}
		// close the connection
		ftp_close($conn_id);