feaured image linking but I have one giant permalink

I’ve been having a lot of problems trying to get the featured image to link to the post. I finally got it but now the entire excerpt is a giant permalink

this is the line I’m having issues with

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$title = get_the_title();
	the_post_thumbnail(array($width,$height), array('alt' => $title));

I replaced it with

[the code below is corrupted – please re-post it]

$title = get_the_title();
	?><a>"><?php the_post_thumbnail(array($width,$height), array('alt' => $title));?><?php;

and now the image goes to the permalink and so does the excerpt
http://www.celebrityfeast.com

Any ideas? I’m stumped