By albunix on

hello!

i'm using version Drupal 4.3.2.

I cannot upgrade--too much customized + built in the current running version.

I've read just about all the posts regarding 'out of memory' issues.

I've played with just about anything from

1-.htaccess
2-php_ini includes in the top of files
3-php.ini memory changing

along with max execution time.

I've gone as far as to allow php to utilize 500MB of memory :) (off line box) and upped the max execution time to 5 mins

When I go to

-administer-->content-->books-->my book

i get the dreaded

"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 34785 bytes) in /export/home/stnicholas/html/modules/node.module on line 266"

It used to work way back, and I am not aware of what is causing it now.

Other than upgrade to a different version and/or up the mem limit + max execution time what is there to do?

It is a _memory_leak_ for a fact. I have no doubt about it.

i love drupal however i'll drop it cold if there's no other solution :)

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london3 commented

I guess you have allready tried it but you have to restart the Apache service each time you change php.ini.

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sepeck commented

If you are still getting that error, then there is still a limit in your system. What does phpinfo say? What does your hosting company say? I use 32MB on my site just fine.

On another note.... 4.3.2?! are you nuts? Upgrade sooner than later :). The pool of knowledge for older versions is vansihing rapidly.

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damien tournoud’s picture

damien tournoud commented 
"Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 34785 bytes) in /export/home/stnicholas/html/modules/node.module on line 266"

That means that there is still a 8M limit on. Are you sure you changed the good value in php.ini (the good one, as there can be several ones depending on your installation) and restarted apache?

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albunix commented

thnx to all of you guys that replied.

i can't answer each and every one but here's my core reply

1-yep, the 8388608 bytes was given as an example

it is actually upped to 200MB now via .htaccess and i know that's the memlimit since i see it from phpinfo

2-i know it is a very old install, but i've got custom stuff etc that prohibit me from upgrading :) (not a lot of time dedicated to it also)

3-could it be i'm getting this, since the creator of the book pages is now deleted? i find that information has disappeared from certain book pages (vanished completely) i cannot administer those pages

damien tournoud’s picture

damien tournoud commented

Does the memory exhaustion error always happen at line 266 ? This is the unpacking of old revisions:

if ($node->revisions) {
   $node->revisions = unserialize($node->revisions); <- that's line 266
}

You could try purging old revisions from your database.

albunix’s picture

albunix commented

damz:

thnx for the info.

I searched for how to do this (purge old revisions).

I think i did it correctly.

Still i'm experiencing difficulties. :-(

albunix’s picture

albunix commented

ehehe replying to own's post is always a charm :)

well seems i've got mysql table corruptin and i'll take
my chances and upgrade(from scratch)

thnx to all who tried to help