What am i doing wrong?

[explora]

Hi I'm trying to create a select menu populated from a MySQL database, I can create the menu without any problems however when I try to add a IF statement for form validation purposes I keep getting T_String error.

The code I'm using is as follows:

            $siteslist_query = mysql_query("SELECT userid, sitename FROM sites WHERE approved=1");
            while ($siteslist = mysql_fetch_array($siteslist_query)){
                   
                  if ($fields["siteid"] == '$siteslist['userid']'){
              $selected = 'selected';}
              
                $siteslist_echo .= '<option value"'.$siteslist['userid'].'">'.$siteslist['sitename'].'</option>';
    $siteslist_echo .= "\n";
    
        } 

Can anyone take a look, and see what I'm doing wrong! I've played around with this bit of code for ages, and I fell like I'm going round in circles here

[Jelena]

$siteslist_query = mysql_query("SELECT userid, sitename FROM sites WHERE approved=1");
            while ($siteslist = mysql_fetch_array($siteslist_query)){
                   
                  if ($fields["siteid"] == $siteslist['userid']){
              $selected = 'selected';}
              
                $siteslist_echo .= '<option value"'.$siteslist['userid'].'">'.$siteslist['sitename'].'</option>';
    $siteslist_echo .= "\n";
    
        } 

[explora]

Thanks Worked a treat!