new config parameter 'front_controller_active' which will instruct the url generator to generate urls without index.php

lib/private/server.php

@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 			return new \OC\L10N\Factory();
 		});
 		$this->registerService('URLGenerator', function($c) {
-			return new \OC\URLGenerator();
+			$config = $this->getConfig();
+			return new \OC\URLGenerator($config);
 		});
 		$this->registerService('AppHelper', function($c) {
 			return new \OC\AppHelper();
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ class Server extends SimpleContainer implements IServerContainer {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @return \OC\Config
+	 * @return \OCP\IConfig
 	 */
 	function getConfig() {
 		return $this->query('AllConfig');

lib/private/urlgenerator.php

@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ use RuntimeException;
  * Class to generate URLs
  */
 class URLGenerator implements IURLGenerator {
+
+	/**
+	 * @var \OCP\IConfig
+	 */
+	private $config;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param \OCP\IConfig $config
+	 */
+	public function __construct($config) {
+		$this->config = $config;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @brief Creates an url using a defined route
 	 * @param $route
@@ -41,12 +54,18 @@ class URLGenerator implements IURLGenerator {
 	 * Returns a url to the given app and file.
 	 */
 	public function linkTo( $app, $file, $args = array() ) {
+		$frontControllerActive=($this->config->getSystemValue('front_controller_active', 'false') == 'true');
+
 		if( $app != '' ) {
 			$app_path = \OC_App::getAppPath($app);
 			// Check if the app is in the app folder
 			if ($app_path && file_exists($app_path . '/' . $file)) {
 				if (substr($file, -3) == 'php' || substr($file, -3) == 'css') {
+
 					$urlLinkTo = \OC::$WEBROOT . '/index.php/apps/' . $app;
+					if ($frontControllerActive) {
+						$urlLinkTo = \OC::$WEBROOT . '/apps/' . $app;
+					}
 					$urlLinkTo .= ($file != 'index.php') ? '/' . $file : '';
 				} else {
 					$urlLinkTo = \OC_App::getAppWebPath($app) . '/' . $file;
@@ -57,10 +76,14 @@ class URLGenerator implements IURLGenerator {
 		} else {
 			if (file_exists(\OC::$SERVERROOT . '/core/' . $file)) {
 				$urlLinkTo = \OC::$WEBROOT . '/core/' . $file;
+			} else {
+				if ($frontControllerActive && $file === 'index.php') {
+					$urlLinkTo = \OC::$WEBROOT;
 				} else {
 					$urlLinkTo = \OC::$WEBROOT . '/' . $file;
 				}
 			}
+		}
 
 		if ($args && $query = http_build_query($args, '', '&')) {
 			$urlLinkTo .= '?' . $query;