Cannot set memory_limit in php.ini?

[grasland]

Hi,
I'm trying to enlarge the memory_limit. Phpinfo shows it's set to 8M. I want to make it 16M. But I didn't find this value in php.ini. So I added it (memory_limit = 16M) and restarted the webserver. But phpinfo still shows the memory_limit to be 8M.

Can anyone tell how can I up the memory_limit on Fedora Core 3?

[rioguia]

Sorry if this is too basic a response but did you try the following before you reloaded your php.ini file?

service httpd restart
or
apachectl graceful

[wdingus]

The only other memory related value I've ever had to change was LimitRequestBody in /etc/httpd/conf.d/php.conf It doesn't sound like it's what you're looking for, memory_limit in /etc/php.ini should do the trick. You restarted httpd after changing it I suppose?

[rioguia]

and cleared your browser's cache?

[grasland]

Thanks wdingus & rioguia. Solved it... the problem was in the php.ini file. This wasn't parsed correctly because of an error in this file. So the changes didn't make a difference. For people having similar problems, check the apache error_log for something like this:

PHP: Error parsing /etc/php.ini on line ??

Find the error, correct it and restart apache. This should do the job.

[wizard]

If the web directory you're using has the proper AllowOverride directive in httpd.conf you can also override the memory limit in php.ini with an .htaccess file - which is the method I prefer. All your .htaccess needs is a single line -

php_value memory_limit 16M

I find this gives me a little better control over memory usage but it's not without server overhead. If the AllowOverride setting is not 'None' apache will look for an .htaccess file every time there's a request to that directory. For me it's still a fair trade.

[webxser]

I got an error "..../.htaccess: php_value not allowed here" if I only add the line

php_value memory_limit 16M

in the .htaccess, what is the problem? Any security setting on FC4 to overcome the problem?

[wizard]

Hi, webxser -

You need an AllowOverride directive in httpd.conf in order to issue php parameters in .htaccess.

[webxser]

Hi, webxser -

You need an AllowOverride directive in httpd.conf in order to issue php parameters in .htaccess.

Except for the All attribute, what attribute in AllowOverride should be applied in order to issue php parameters in .htaccess

[wizard]

Except for the All attribute, what attribute in AllowOverride should be applied in order to issue php parameters in .htaccess

If you'd rather not use 'AllowOverride All' you can use 'AllowOverride Options'.

Hope this helps -