parse error

Could someone please tell me what's wrong with this line??

echo("<option value=\"$row[\"id\"]\" selected>$row[\"name\"]");

because I am getting a
Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING'
error

please help

Thanks in advance

You don't need the extra backslash for the field names.

try this:

echo '<option value="' . $row["id"] .'" selected>' . $row["name"] . '</option>';

Thanks PHP princess.
I figured out what my problem was.

Does anyone know how to check the value of the selected option?
I need that number for my application's session variable.

I tried to check the value by doing
echo "<select name='artist_id'>"
blah blah...

echo "</select>";
echo "$artist_id";

but it prints nothing.

So what should I do ???

Please help

Thanks in advance