Slider target option

/* mantra-admin-functions.php */
/* Code to have an option to target link to a blank page or same page */

/* Slide option*/
<p>
<b><?php _e("Target","mantra");?></b>
<?php
    $items = array ("_blank" , "_self");
    $itemsare = array( __("Blank","mantra"), __("Self","mantra"));
    echo "<select id='mantra_slidertarget1' name='ma_options[mantra_slidertarget1]'>";
    foreach($items as $id=>$item) {
    echo "<option value='$item'";
    selected($mantra_options['mantra_slidertarget1'],$item);
    echo ">$itemsare[$id]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
echo "<br/><small>".__("Blank opens in a new page. Self opens in the same page","mantra")."</small>";
?>

/* Column option */
 <p>
<b><?php _e("Target","mantra");?></b>
<?php
    $items = array ("_blank" , "_self");
    $itemsare = array( __("Blank","mantra"), __("Self","mantra"));
    echo "<select id='mantra_columntarget1' name='ma_options[mantra_columntarget1]'>";
    foreach($items as $id=>$item) {
    echo "<option value='$item'";
    selected($mantra_options['mantra_columntarget1'],$item);
    echo ">$itemsare[$id]</option>";
}
echo "</select>";
echo "<br/><small>".__("Blank opens in a new page. Self opens in the same page","mantra")."</small>";
?>

/*front-page.php */
/* Slide & Column showing the target inherited from options */
<a href="<?php echo $mantra_sliderlink1 ?>" target="<?php echo $mantra_slidertarget1; ?>">
<a href="<?php echo $mantra_columnlink1 ?>" target="<?php echo $mantra_columntarget1; ?>">