PHP out of memory though I have MUCH MUCH more allocated

Question

I am getting the following error on my Drupal site: Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 268435456 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 205668 bytes).

To be sure, 268,435,456 + 205,668 = 268,641,124 bytes = 256.2 MB.

In my php.ini I have memory_limit = 2G. I have verified that I am editing the correct php.ini file. When I xdebug the site and enter ini_get('memory_limit'); into the console, I receive 2G for the output. So I know my file is being read correctly.

I've also checked my .htaccess file to verify that there are no other memory directives in there. There are not. Where is this limit coming from?

if the machine does not have the memory available, php can't use it, no matter the limit set. — , Aug 30 '16 at 22:54
The machine has 16G available — although I just figured out the problem. See my answer below. — John Alexander, Aug 30 '16 at 22:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '16 at 22:59

1

It turns out that this site has Drupal's path_memory module enabled, and the path I was trying to hit was configured to have a maximum of 256M available at admin/config/system/path-memory. Tricky.

answered Aug 30 '16 at 22:59

John Alexander

822
1
12
21

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

0

1) You sir must have a ton of memory to apply 2 gigs for EACH HTTP/PHP process.

2) php memory_limit does not accept 'G' as a proper setting, make it 2048M instead How to increase memory limit for PHP over 2GB?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

Community

1
1

answered Aug 30 '16 at 22:48

Forbs

1,256
1
7
9

Ah, good to know. Changing it to `2048M` gives me the same error, topping out presumably at `256M`. This is trying to recreate a feature on localhost. – John Alexander Aug 30 '16 at 22:51

PHP out of memory though I have MUCH MUCH more allocated

2 Answers2