Install ScriptCase PHP 7.3 on a XAMPP in Linux

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Álvaro Moura

Last updated on Jul 6, 2026

Xampp Installation Using PHP 7.3

XAMPP It allows you to easily install Apache on your own computer, regardless of your operating system (Linux, Windows, MAC or Solaris).

First you have to proceed to download XAMPP PHP 7.3: https://sourceforge.net/projects/xampp/files/XAMPP%20Linux/7.3.33/

 

After downloading Xampp, proceed with the normal installation.

Configuring php.ini  in Xampp

1  - Go to your browser and enter in the URL below to test the Xampp  and find the path to the PHP.ini file

127.0.0.1/dashboard/phpinfo.php

2 - The path will be shown as in the image:

php.ini path: /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini

3  - Enter in the file and search for the directives below and increase their values like for the values we recommend, then save the file before exit.

  • max_execution_time = 3600
  • max_input_time = 3600
  • max_input_vars = 10000
  • memory_limit = 1024M
  • post_max_size = 1024M
  • upload_max_filesize = 1024M
  • max_file_uploads = 200
  • short_open_tag = On

Enabling the IonCube Loader

We proceed to download the IonCube Click here 

4 - Copy the file ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so and past in the extension_dir directory of your PHP.

extension_dir path : /opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20180731

5 - We enable the extension within the php.ini:

Edit the php.ini file and below the last line set the path to the extension in the zend_extension parameter:

zend_extension = "/opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20180731/ioncube_loader_lin_7.3.so"

Restart the apache of the XAMPP:

In xampp root directory:

  1. sudo ./xampp restart

Installing Scriptcase

Once the installation is finished we must proceed to download the .zip file from the ScriptCase page: Click Here

Once the download of the .zip is finished, we proceed to unzip the .zip inside the folderhtdocs of the XAMPP:

/opt/lampp/htdocs

Renamed the file after decompression to "scriptcase" as the image below

Proceed to the installation of ScriptCase:

To enter in the scriptcase:

Follow this address in your browser: http://127.0.0.1:8091/scriptcase

In this example the apache of the XAMPP was running  on port 8091.

Then, proceed to normal scriptcase installation: