Getting a parser error while echoing this html

can somebody look at this and let me know what should be the appropriate syntax for the following code.

This is what i want to echo to the browser

<li><a href="#" onClick="makeRequest('2105', 'itemDisplay');">itemname</a></li>

PHP:

this is what the script is echoing:

echo "<li><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"makeRequest("'" .$info1['cat_id']. "'",'itemDisplay');\">"'" .$info1['cat_name'] . "'"</a></li>" ;

PHP:

the php echo is giving me a parser error. i have tried other things where it displays without the parser error but i am not able to figure out how to how to echo the single quotes also after the makerequest in the functions.

Your help will be appreciated.

 

$cat_id = $info1['cat_id'];
$cat_name = $info1['cat_name'];
echo "<li><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"makeRequest('$cat_id','itemDisplay');\"> $cat_name</a></li>" ;

Code (markup):

try that

 

works like a charm thank you very much

 

echo "<li><a href=\"#\" onClick=\"makeRequest('{$info1['cat_id']}','itemDisplay');\">{$info1['cat_name']}</a></li>" ;

PHP: