PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 1610612736 bytes composer update

Question

I want to run the command composer update to my Laravel project by running the below command.

composer update

When I try to run composer require I am getting the out of memory error.

PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 1610612736 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 4096 bytes) in phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Solver.php on line 223

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 1610612736 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 4096 bytes) in phar://C:/ProgramData/ComposerSetup/bin/composer.phar/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Solver.php on line 223

Check https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md#memory-limit-errors for more info on how to handle out of memory errors.

Did you try adding COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 to your environment? — Koala Yeung, Nov 26 '20 at 02:07
Have you read last sentence you've posted here and tried suggested `php -d memory_limit=-1 composer update`? — Tpojka, Nov 26 '20 at 02:09
It does seem weird that composer would use over 1.6GB of memory. — Cully, Nov 26 '20 at 02:25
Does this answer your question? [Composer update memory limit](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36107400/composer-update-memory-limit) — Cully, Nov 26 '20 at 02:26

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 26 '20 at 10:33

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Run

which composer

This will give you the path to composer like "/usr/bin/composer"

Then use that path in the command below to overcome the memory limit using the php flag for no memory limit, like this:

php -d memory_limit=-1 /usr/bin/composer update

answered Nov 26 '20 at 10:33

Mhluzi Bhaka

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Valeri · Answer 2 · 2020-11-27T08:42:30.203

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Run

COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT=-1 composer update

That temporarily sets the composer memory limit to unlimited.

edited Nov 27 '20 at 08:42

answered Nov 27 '20 at 07:39

Valeri

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Thank you for this code snippet, which might provide some limited, immediate help. A [proper explanation](https://meta.stackexchange.com/q/114762/349538) would greatly improve its long-term value by showing why this is a good solution to the problem and would make it more useful to future readers with other, similar questions. Please [edit] your answer to add some explanation, including the assumptions you've made. – wscourge Nov 27 '20 at 08:07

PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 1610612736 bytes composer update

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