Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 1610612736 bytes exhausted but already allocated 1.75G

Question

I keep getting this memory error

PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 1610612736 bytes exhausted 
(tried to allocate 67108864 bytes) in 
phar:///usr/local/bin/composer/src/Composer/
   DependencyResolver/Solver.php on line 220

I have tried everything. Increased the memory limit a few times already. I've redownloaded composer and composer.phar. I cloned my repo on a fresh install and the first composer install worked. For some reason every attempt after causes this error.

I even removed any differences in files from the master branch and my branch that could be causing this.

PhP version 7.1.25 Composer version 1.7.2

Code I edited in a config.yml file

create_course_space_whitelist_expression: '"staff" in affiliations or 
"employee" in affiliations or "faculty" in affiliations or "guest" in 
affiliations or "GR" in student_level'

old code:

create_course_space_whitelist_expression: '"staff" in affiliations or 
"employee" in affiliations or "faculty" in affiliations or "guest" in 
affiliations

Not sure where else to look. I updated two created files within Vendor but I'm deleting vendor before running composer install

EDIT:

I've been able to narrow down the cause. composer install works fine the when working with a clean version of the repo branch. However, when any change is made to the composer.json file, it fails

We also need to see the code you are executing that results in this error, you could have problems with your code, such as an infinite loop, etc. — Jonathan, Dec 21 '18 at 00:04
You don't. That's why I'm asking to post the code that is being run for this page. (Example: your controller, any function, etc). — Jonathan, Dec 21 '18 at 00:10
@Jonathan I got the impression they were getting this error when they ran composer install, not necessarily from code they wrote — Don't Panic, Dec 21 '18 at 00:16
Does your repo include a composer.lock file? And do the subsequent composer install attempts always fail, or only after you make that edit you showed? — Don't Panic, Dec 21 '18 at 00:35
I added a composer tag to your question. Honestly I'm probably not enough of a composer expert to solve the problem, but hopefully someone who watches that tag could help you. — Don't Panic, Dec 21 '18 at 00:37

score 37 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 18 '19 at 22:28

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Running this command fixed it for me

php -d memory_limit=-1 /usr/local/bin/composer install

answered Nov 18 '19 at 22:28

d1596

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what about windows? i use windows 10 and this command worked for me, php -d memory_limit=-1 "C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin\composer.phar" update – saber tabatabaee yazdi May 24 '20 at 22:07
According to @sabertabatabaeeyazdi comment `php -d memory_limit=-1 "C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin\composer.phar" update` will work for windows – TarangP Jul 16 '22 at 13:55

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 06 '20 at 08:48

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In my case with Xampp with Windows 10

i just changed:

;memory_limit=512M

by commenting this configuration, in php.ini to:

memory_limit =-1

then restart the Apache by xampp

answered Aug 06 '20 at 08:48

saber tabatabaee yazdi

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this works on windows 10 with xampp server, thank you – Mohamed Raza Nov 20 '20 at 15:32
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happy to help 1.4 millions of people that stackexchange estimates in my profile 2.4 million !!! im sorry 2.4 is correct @MohamedRaza – saber tabatabaee yazdi Dec 13 '20 at 17:34

Ravi Hirani · Answer 3 · 2021-07-31T07:00:00.847

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Update Composer to version 2 and it will resolve this issue automatically.

composer self-update --2

Note : argument --2 is optional. it will upgrade the current composer version to 2 only. Without it, the composer will update to the latest version (it's the same version 2 currently but in future, it may be 3)

edited Jul 31 '21 at 07:00

answered Dec 08 '20 at 03:11

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That solved the problem on Windows 10 with xampp installed. Do you have any idea what was this about? Thanks anyway! – Mycodingproject Jan 01 '21 at 12:50
@Mycodingproject : Thanks for the comment. Honestly, I don't have much idea but it seems there is a bug on Composer causing the memory to be exhausted by run `composer install` or `composer update`. – Ravi Hirani Jan 13 '21 at 00:47
Only used `composer self-update` to update to the latest version of composer – Onen simon Apr 06 '21 at 12:22
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Using MAMP 6.6.4 on macOS Monterey, and this worked for me. Just run `composer self-update` without any other parameters. – uotonyh Dec 07 '22 at 19:07

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered May 24 '20 at 22:09

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what about windows?

i use windows 10 and this command worked for me,

php -d memory_limit=-1 "C:\ProgramData\ComposerSetup\bin\composer.phar" update

answered May 24 '20 at 22:09

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score 5 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 14 '20 at 12:11

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Run COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer install instead of composer install

answered Oct 14 '20 at 12:11

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score 4 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 11 '20 at 07:26

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in WINDOWS you can use this:

set COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1

in windows 10 and with terminal and laragon it worked for me

answered Oct 11 '20 at 07:26

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This worked for me as well using Laragon on Windows. – agileMike Oct 14 '20 at 20:33

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Jun 02 '21 at 12:39

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COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer update

try this it's working for me

answered Jun 02 '21 at 12:39

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Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 1610612736 bytes exhausted but already allocated 1.75G

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