Fatal Error Memory Problem

By RMDTech on 27 Mar 2007 at 13:30 UTC

Lately my site had a problem with it's PHP and re-installed it and now it seems my Drupal site is completly busted. I keep getting the memory error posted here http://drupal.org/node/76156 and have tried the things it say to do but the error won't change from 8 Megs. I have edited the settings php I have edited the .htaccess and it still says the same thing. I would ask the server to fix it themselves but the server is consistantly not reliable. Is there anything I can do until I switch servers (which depends on getting a hold of another one of the web admins)?

Comments

bad luck

dman commented 27 March 2007 at 13:51

You need to edit php.ini - neither of those lower-level config files have enough authority to do things like change mem allocation. (well they could , but only if given permission first - from php.ini.

If you don't have access to that file, and the host won't help - you're screwed.

.dan.
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Thanks.

RMDTech commented 27 March 2007 at 14:05

I was hoping that wasing the case but figured as much. Oh well I will figure out something or another... maybe even try asking the host site.

Well my hosting site came

RMDTech commented 28 March 2007 at 15:30

Well my hosting site came through (surprisingly) and they put it as a php.ini file within my main folder with only the memory limit within it. It works like a charm and if I want to edit the amount I get I can change it. The file otherwise has no other info in it though so it's perfect because you won't screw anything else up.

great

dman commented 28 March 2007 at 23:03

Tidy solution. Good one!

.dan.
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even i am facing the same

Sree commented 31 March 2007 at 07:25

even i am facing the same pblm .... i changed the memory limit in php.ini file, but the error message is popping up very frequently.
why is this happening? how much wld be the max mem limit that we can give?

i never faced such issues with drupal 4.x but it bcame a very big issue with my drupal 5.x

-- Sree --
IRC Nick: sreeveturi

Memory

RMDTech commented 1 April 2007 at 14:54

I think you can set for as much as you need. The problem as I see it though the more memory the longer it takes to upload the site. If you have it set for a lot then you might see about downsizing your site somehow or seeing what Mods you have that you don't really use.

Memory hog

harriska2 commented 11 April 2007 at 20:17

Not sure what all I have as far as modules are concerned but one of my sites requires over 30M. It is using OG, views, CCK, and some other small modules like quotes. Is this normal?

adjustment access not allowed!

Sree commented 13 April 2007 at 09:08

at some places we may not have control over the memory adjustments of php.ini .....
so, how do u all rectify this problem with such clients?

-- Sree --
IRC Nick: sreeveturi

They are not clients. just the opposite

dman commented 13 April 2007 at 14:13

They are not clients. They are hosts :)

And as such, they make the rules about what happens in their domain. Free or cheap hosts especially will understandably limit your domination of shared system resources.
And the way to rectify it (if asking politely doesn't work) is to shift hosts.
Unfortunately, sometimes this actually means paying for the service you wish to recieve

.dan.
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_{.dan. is the New Zealand Drupal Developer working on Government Web Standards}