making multiple divs with a link opening php pages - php

Question

I have the following script. It's making divs with the username on it, works fine until the href part, the php page opens with user=$user (the variable doesn't take it's value)
For example $user='george' in the div id and inside getElementById, but in href user=$user? why?
Thanks in advance,
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
for(i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
$('body').append('<div id="div'+'<?php echo $user; ?>'+'"/>'); //$user='george'
document.getElementById('div'+'<?php echo $user; ?>'+'').innerHTML=
'<?php echo $user; //$user='george'
echo '<a href="account_show_to_members.php?user=$user"> //$user=$user WRONG
Visit!</a>'; ?> ';
}
});
</script>

Answer 1

The problem is that php wont process inline variables in a string with single quotes, nor escaped characters like \n. The first place you should start is changing this:
echo '<a href="account_show_to_members.php?user=$user"> //$user=$user WRONG
Visit!</a>';
to this:
echo "<a href='account_show_to_members.php?user=$user'>Visit!</a>";
definitely look into some formatting standards though, this code is kind of a mess.
EDIT: just for the sake of avoiding confusion, here's how it should look altogether:
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
for(i = 0; i < 1; i++) {
$('body').append('<div id="div<?php echo $user; ?>"/>');
document.getElementById('div<?php echo $user; ?>').innerHTML = '<?php echo $user." Visit!"; ?>';
}
});
</script>
This can probably be written directly to the dom too, without passing it through javascript. Saves a lot of overhead and complication. Not trying to be a jerk, just giving friendly advice.