memory_limit error when trying to update

MikeJones

Frink could this be the problem I am having here: https://discuss.flarum.org/d/4154-flagrow-upload-the-intelligent-file-attachment-extension/451

MathieuM

JoshyPHP No, like I said, I've 2048M... My other scripts work well and Flarum worked well to, but this message appears now and I could not update or install extensions ?

JoshyPHP

MathieuM Just read the error message: 536870912 bytes. That's 512 * 2²⁰ bytes, or 512 MB. Maybe your server has 2 GB of RAM and you're confusing them.

MathieuM

JoshyPHP Well, 2048M is the value I have in my server configuration for "memory_limit". No matter the value (if I change it), the error is the same.

JoshyPHP

Ok, then if your PHPInfo confirms it then PHP is set to use 2048 MB of memory, the error message is wrong and the reason Composer fails is a complete mystery.

OR....

The error message is correct, your PHP is set to use 512 MB of memory and that's why Composer's dependency resolver fails because it requires upward of a GB to complete. So maybe you should look into that instead.

Anyway, I'm unsubscribing from this thread so best of luck to you.

gozen

I was wrong, 512MB is not a low number, the problem resides somewhere else.
But ...since the error reports 512MB then this is the real value on your server, try using a phpinfo.php file with the following content

<? phpinfo(); ?>

Search for the memory_limit constant and let us know the value. If the memory_limit is above 512MB then definitely something else is going wrong.
If not... then just restart httpd and check again, or if you have ssh access (must have in order to achieve all that) then just fire the following command in order to find which php.ini is the one that your server is configured to read.

php -i | grep 'Configuration File'

MathieuM

gozen Here it is: https://flarum.fr/phpinfo.php

I actually set memory_limit to 1024M and I've still the same error.

luceos

MathieuM 1024M is 1G, I'd recommend against setting that value for your web based php, without bazaar (?) 512M should suffice.

As @BartVB correctly points out identify the memory limit for cli:

php -i | grep memory

BartVB

composer update uses a LOT of memory. Also there is a difference between the memory_limit for PHP scripts served through Apache and PHP scripts that are started from the command line (CLI).

More information on this page:
https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md#memory-limit-errors

luceos

MathieuM memory_limit => 512M => 512M

so the /etc/php/cli/php.ini has a memory_limit of 512M, that is the value you need to change, mine is showing 3G which might be a little large but try that value to see whether it helps.

MathieuM I've tried to reduce memory_limit to 512M

the value in /etc/php/apache/php.ini or /etc/php/fpm/php.ini are affecting the web version only; this is the value you made available inside the phpinfo. Composer does not use that version, it uses the cli version as BartVB initially explained.

MathieuM

luceos I've tried your command and get the result :

memory_limit => 512M => 512M
Collecting memory statistics => No

I've tried to reduce memory_limit to 512M but I also get the same error when I try to update ?

MathieuM

luceos I've upgraded the memory_limit to 2048M but I always have :

PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to all ocate 64 bytes) in phar:///home/clients/web/sup port/composer.phar/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Rule.php on line 60

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 64 bytes) in phar:///home/clients/web/support/ composer.phar/src/Composer/DependencyResolver/Rule.php on line 60

Check https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/troubleshooting.md#memory-limit-error s for more info on how to handle out of memory errors.uid55868@os-dmu1529:~/web/

I don't know how to modify the cli version ? Perhaps I can't... ?

luceos

MathieuM I've upgraded the memory_limit to 2048M

How have you been able to increase the memory limit at all?

You can increase your memory limit for cli by editing the file:

/etc/php/cli/php.ini

The exact path might be different based on your OS and PHP version, eg /etc/php5.6/cli.ini.

MathieuM

luceos MathieuM I've upgraded the memory_limit to 2048M

How have you been able to increase the memory limit at all?

Well, I've a manager from my hosting (Infomaniak) that allows me to modify my sever configuration.

luceos You can increase your memory limit for cli by editing the file:

/etc/php/cli/php.ini

I don't have this file ?

luceos

php -i | grep php\.ini

to identify the location of your active cli ini file.

MathieuM

Path => /opt/php5.6/lib

mmmh, but I don't see such a directory with my ftp ?

luceos

MathieuM I guess your webhosting provider is limiting the allowance of memory for your cli php to 512M; you could ask them for help. I see no alternative here; with such strict limitations on your account having composer makes no sense.

MathieuM

luceos Well, I sent a mail to my webhosting provider and they found a solution :

After some search, we found Composer had some memory problems with old PHP versions. We recommand you to use the command:

php -d memory_limit=2048M composer.phar <...>

and it works! ?

My question is: why do I need to specify the memory_limit? Is there a reason or maybe I need to update my Composer?

Thx!

luceos

MathieuM why do I need to specify the memory_limit?

because your hosting provider is unable to make the value configurable on older php versions.. Nothing wrong with composer, you or flarum ?

MathieuM

luceos Ok, thanks a lot for all your answers, but it's a little disturbing ? :thumbup:

lorem See previous posts, I've not a php.ini file, but my hosting provider gives tools in my panel administration and I've already change my memory_limit to 2048M ?

lorem

Change memory limit in php.ini from 512M to -1. It worked for me.