span in links problem

i want have links like this:
<li><a href="index.html" class="active"><span>home</span></a></li>

but when i use this code:
<li><?php echo $html->link('<span>'.'home'.'</
span>','/',array('class'=>'active')); ?></li>

i have this:
<li><a href="/ird/www/" class="active">&lt;span&gt;home&lt;/span&gt;</
a></li>

i want use span in links,i am search in group but i cant find out how
i can do this,i only find
$html->tag('span') but i cant use it.

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