XHTML Validation of Ads

The links in the Ads are in this format:

<a href="http://cheese.com" />Cheese</a>

Code (markup):

The W3c Validator cries at this, as the anchor tag is closed twice.

Or am i just being an idiot?

 

i havent changed it... try Ambient Orb

 

no idea... it used to work... a few versions ago
how can i fix this?

is it worth clearing out my ads.txt file?

 

SHawn,

its to do with this bit of code:

if ($output) {
				$ad_network[$key] = str_replace ('" />', '" class="' . $ads_temp[2] . '" />', $ad);
			} else {
				$ad_network[$key] = str_replace ('" />', '">', $ad);
			}

PHP:

I replaced it so it just did:

$ad_network[$key] = str_replace ('" />', '">', $ad);

PHP:

and it fixed it...

 

but now it doesnt validate - HELP!!!

 

Shawn:

if ($output) { 
                $ad_network[$key] = str_replace ('" />', '" class="' . $ads_temp[2] . '" />', $ad); 
            } else { 
                $ad_network[$key] = str_replace ('" />', '">', $ad); 
            } 

PHP:

changed to:

if ($output) { 
                $ad_network[$key] = str_replace ('" />', '" class="' . $ads_temp[2] . '" >', $ad); 
            } else { 
                $ad_network[$key] = str_replace ('" />', '">', $ad); 
            } 

PHP:

works and validates.

The code actually replaces in a "/>" symbol....