use of array data in views

[eluser]pmonty[/eluser]
My array looks like this:

$formdata('sort'=>'perf-desc')

I am loading the view like this:

$this->load->view('testform',$formdata);

My view code looks like this:

Sort By: <select name="sorton">
<option value="perf-desc" &lt;?= if ($sort =="perf-desc") ? "selected='selected'" : "selected=''";?&gt; >Perf Desc</option>
</select>

Obviously I am doing something syntactically wrong to get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF in \system\application\views\testform.php on line 10

How should this be coded?

Paul