diff --git a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
index 2e2c41f9..82315054 100644
--- a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class Adminer {
 		if (preg_match('~json~', $field["type"])) {
 			$return = "<code class='jush-js'>$return</code>";
 		}
-		return ($link ? "<a href='" . h($link) . "'" . (is_url($link) ? target_blank() : "") . ">$return</a>" : $return);
+		return ($link ? "<a href='" . h($link) . "'" . (is_web_url($link) ? target_blank() : "") . ">$return</a>" : $return);
 	}
 
 	/** Value conversion used in select and edit
diff --git a/adminer/include/editing.inc.php b/adminer/include/editing.inc.php
index 5e12d44b..34617afa 100644
--- a/adminer/include/editing.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/editing.inc.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function select($result, $connection2 = null, $orgtables = array(), $limit = 0)
 						$link .= "&where" . urlencode("[" . bracket_escape($col) . "]") . "=" . urlencode($row[$j]);
 					}
 				}
-			} elseif (is_url($val)) {
+			} elseif (is_web_url($val)) {
 				$link = $val;
 			}
 			if ($val === null) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function select($result, $connection2 = null, $orgtables = array(), $limit = 0)
 				}
 			}
 			if ($link) {
-				$val = "<a href='" . h($link) . "'" . (is_url($link) ? target_blank() : '') . ">$val</a>";
+				$val = "<a href='" . h($link) . "'" . (is_web_url($link) ? target_blank() : '') . ">$val</a>";
 			}
 			echo "<td>$val";
 		}
diff --git a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
index aa3b3678..d259f761 100644
--- a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@ function select_value($val, $link, $field, $text_length) {
 		if (is_mail($val)) {
 			$link = "mailto:$val";
 		}
-		if (is_url($val)) {
+		if (is_web_url($val)) {
 			$link = $val; // IE 11 and all modern browsers hide referrer
 		}
 	}
@@ -1271,20 +1271,32 @@ function select_value($val, $link, $field, $text_length) {
 * @param string
 * @return bool
 */
-function is_mail($email) {
-	$atom = '[-a-z0-9!#$%&\'*+/=?^_`{|}~]'; // characters of local-name
-	$domain = '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])'; // one domain component
-	$pattern = "$atom+(\\.$atom+)*@($domain?\\.)+$domain";
-	return is_string($email) && preg_match("(^$pattern(,\\s*$pattern)*\$)i", $email);
+function is_mail($value) {
+	return is_string($value) && filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
 }
 
-/** Check whether the string is URL address
+/** Check whether the string is web URL address
 * @param string
 * @return bool
 */
-function is_url($string) {
-	$domain = '[a-z0-9]([-a-z0-9]{0,61}[a-z0-9])'; // one domain component //! IDN
-	return preg_match("~^(https?)://($domain?\\.)+$domain(:\\d+)?(/.*)?(\\?.*)?(#.*)?\$~i", $string); //! restrict path, query and fragment characters
+function is_web_url($value) {
+	if (!is_string($value) || !preg_match('~^https?://~i', $value)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	$components = parse_url($value);
+    if (!$components) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    // Encode URL path. If path was encoded already, it will be encoded twice, but we are OK with that.
+	$encodedParts = array_map('urlencode', explode('/', $components['path']));
+	$url = str_replace($components['path'], implode('/', $encodedParts), $value);
+
+	parse_str($components['query'], $params);
+	$url = str_replace($components['query'], http_build_query($params), $url);
+
+	return (bool)filter_var($url, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL);
 }
 
 /** Check if field should be shortened
diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
index 5bdfc672..997fd102 100644
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Adminer 4.9.0-dev:
 - Elasticsearch 5: Make unusable driver usable again, move it to plugins.
 - Add new Elasticsearch 7 driver.
 - Set saving to file as a default export option.
+- Improve URL and email detection.
 - Update composer.json.
 
 Adminer 4.8.2 (released 2024-03-16):
diff --git a/editor/include/adminer.inc.php b/editor/include/adminer.inc.php
index e8fed7ac..1198f2f0 100644
--- a/editor/include/adminer.inc.php
+++ b/editor/include/adminer.inc.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ ORDER BY ORDINAL_POSITION", null, "") as $row) { //! requires MySQL 5
 			$return = (preg_match('~^(1|t|true|y|yes|on)$~i', $val) ? lang('yes') : lang('no'));
 		}
 		if ($link) {
-			$return = "<a href='$link'" . (is_url($link) ? target_blank() : "") . ">$return</a>";
+			$return = "<a href='$link'" . (is_web_url($link) ? target_blank() : "") . ">$return</a>";
 		}
 		if (!$link && !like_bool($field) && preg_match(number_type(), $field["type"])) {
 			$return = "<div class='number'>$return</div>"; // Firefox doesn't support <colgroup>