[eluser]boltsabre[/eluser]
ah sorry, I just re-read your initial post, the whole idea was to make use of the html helper in the first place! But it looks like you got what you needed from tintamarres answer. However, I mite have a play around with your code tonight when I get home from work, you could be onto something there, there must be a way to make it work! Maybe this...?
Code:
echo anchor('home',img('images/img.png',id='something',class='somethingElse'));