Help with passing a PHP ID to an EE weblog tag (v 1.6.8)

Hi:

I have run into this a few times now. When I try to dynamically pass an ID to an EE weblog tag, it doesn’t work. Example:

{exp:weblog:entries  weblog="requests" category="78" dynamnic="off" status="open" entry_id="<? echo($row["entry_id"]); ?>"}

This code returns no results. If I remove the entry_id parameter, the entire list shows up as expected. If I ‘break’ the tag, the ID shows up as expected:

{ exp:weblog:entries weblog="requests" category="78" dynamnic="off" status="open" entry_id="23841"}

So it appears that the EE tag is being evaluated before the PHP code (as: entry_id=”“), but changing the Parse Order (input/output) makes no difference. Is it possible to ensure that the PHP code runs first?

Any help would be appreciated.

Scott