Hi. Personally, I don't think the latest 1.8.3 version of PhpDig is 'clipping' links. PhpDig can try to follow non-existent links, but this is likely due to JavaScript. Some people want spaces and parentheses allowed in their links, so JavaScript then can come into play. An earlier 1.8.3 version didn't quite deal with chunk encoding so links in this rendition did get messed. Perhaps, the issue you are experiencing has something to due with this earlier version of 1.8.3, but to be sure, take a read through
this thread.