<a href url problem click is adding local host

Hi Guys,
I have created a header-logo div, in the css I have the style, and also for the a, because when the image is declared as a background image it is not clickable, using the a allows the click:

The problem is this line of code does open the browser, but with the localhost address before the URL, how do I fix this bit?
<a href=<?php echo stripslashes(get_option('header_text_url')) ?>/></a>
Returns this url:
http://localhost/wp/http//www.digitalraindrops.net/

Thanks for your help!

David

As this forum is How-to’s and trouble shooting here is a How-to
I searched for hours trying to resolve a clickable background-image in the header, and could not find a good example answer, as I am new to php and WordPress I will share this method for others:
The Code, returns the url from the admin page options, check if the logo file exists then add the header-logo div:

<?php {
	$logosrc = TEMPLATEPATH. '/images/logo.png';
	if(get_option('header_logo_enabled')){
	   if (file_exists($logosrc)){ ?>
	      <div id="header-logo">
		  <?php if(get_option('header_text_url')>""){ ?>
			<a href=<?php echo stripslashes(get_option('header_text_url')) ?>/></a>
		  <?php } ?>
		</div>
		<?php } ?>
	<?php } ?>
} ?

style CSS:

#header-logo
{
	float:left;
	height:85px;
	margin-top:20px;
	margin-left:20px;
	width:300px;
	overflow:hidden;
	background-image: url('images/logo.png');
	background-repeat: no-repeat;
	background-position: center center;
}
#header-logo a {
	display: block;
	height:85px;
	width:300px;
}