parse area - printing variables in single quotes?

[jarow]

I get the parse error: unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting ',' or ';' when I try to run this code.

<?php
echo str_repeat("<dd>",$i++).'<a href="$_REQUEST['user']._detail.php?user=$_REQUEST['user']"><font color="#003366"><i>';
?>

Any ideas on what is wrong?

thanks

[cosminb]

try like this:

echo str_repeat("<dd>",$i++).'<a href="'.$_REQUEST['user'].'_detail.php ......"';