Error in Extras area?

Hello,

I am using Skeleton theme for one project. Now I would like to use the same template for a different one. But it seems like something is wrong with the Extras areas.

In my current project the extras area in functions.php looks like this:

if ( !function_exists( 'skeleton_header_extras' ) ) {

	function skeleton_header_extras() {
		$header_extras = skeleton_options('header_extras');
		if (a) {
			$extras  = '<div class="header_extras">';
			$extras .= $header_extras;
			$extras .= "</div>";
			echo apply_filters ('skeleton_child_header_extras', $extras);
		}
	}
	add_action('skeleton_header','skeleton_header_extras', 3);

}

In the new project (for which I downloaded latest version of Skeleton theme) the same area in functions.php looks like this:

if ( !function_exists( 'skeleton_header_extras' ) ) {

	function skeleton_header_extras() {
		$header_extras = skeleton_options('header_extras');
		if ($header_extras) {
			$extras = "<div class=\"header_extras\">";
			$extras .= $header_extras;
			$extras .= "</div>";
			echo apply_filters ('skeleton_child_header_extras',$extras);
		}
	}
	add_action('skeleton_header','skeleton_header_extras', 3);

}

The difference is in these 2 lines:

if (a) {
			$extras  = '<div class="header_extras">';

if ($header_extras) {
			$extras = "<div class=\"header_extras\">";

The problem with the new project is that when I try to add code to Extras area like this <a id="test">test</a> the code is always automatically wrapped with quotation signs and looks like this <a id="\"mail\"">test</a> which causes that this content does not appears correctly.

I was trying to solve this by editing mentioned part of the code, unfortunately I can not figure this out.

I would appreciate any help.

Thanks