On 04/15/2011 11:26 AM, Dan Johansson wrote:
> On Thursday 14 April 2011 03.12:34 Michael Orlitzky wrote:
>> On 04/13/2011 02:42 PM, Dan Johansson wrote:
>>> I know this is Off-topic but I also know there are a lot of smart people
>>> "lurking" on this list.
>>>
>>> I have a PHP-script that does not run from a web-server but directly in a
>>> shell. When I run it I get the following error:
>>>
>>> # ./dj.php
>>> PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 100663296 bytes exhausted (tried
>>> to allocate 104 bytes) in /usr/local/scripts/includes/dj.inc on line 79
>>> Allowed memory size of 100663296 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 24
>>> bytes)
>>>
>>> My scripts starts with:
>>> #!/usr/bin/php
>>> <?php
>>>
>>> ini_set('memory_limit', '4192M');
>>>
>>> include "dj.inc";
>>>
>>> And in php.ini I have:
>>> memory_limit = 1G ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume
>>>
>>> Why does PHP not honor my memory limits?
>>> I have set 1GB in php.ini and 4192MB (I know that is more then 1GB) and
>>> the scripts fails at 100663296 bytes (~ 96MB). I have also tried with
>>> other memory settings but I always end up with with the failure at
>>> ~96MB. The host has enough RAM (32GB) to support the script.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on how to solve the issue (short of rewriting the script
>>> in C or C++)?
>>
>> The use of 'G' as a unit was only "recently" added, in PHP 5.1.0. Try
>> using 'M' instead, and multiplying by 1024.
>>
>> I would also suggest using a number under 4 gigabytes, as you risk
>> overflowing a 32-bit integer. Does '3072M' work?
>
> Thanks, that was it. Changing 4G to 4192M in pnp.ini did solve the issue.
>
> Regards,
Life lesson: if you ever have a PHP problem and think, "there's no way
that's the problem, nobody is that retarded." That's probably the problem =)
