>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> I need to set the PHP memory limit to more than 512 MB and found
that I
>>
>>>> can't. Is this caused by the Suhosin patch (my guess), and how to
get
>>
>>>> around it?
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> (I tried to set suhosin.memory_limit to 1024M: no change. Was told
that
>>
>>>> php5-suhosin might be more configurable, but it breaks some
package
>>
>>>> dependencies, and I can't afford this easily.)
>
> You run Sid *and* old php. You lead an interesting life!
>>
>>
>>>Did you try edit /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini from:-
>>
>>>;suhosin.memory_limit = 0
>>
>>>to:-
>>
>>>suhosin.memory_limit = 1G
>>
>>
>>>(NOTE the suffix used above)
>>
>>
>>>Don't forget to check php.ini and ensure a similar settings for
max_post
>>
>>>and memory_limit
>>
>>
>> No file /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini exists on a standard Sid php5-
common
>
> How did you "patch" php?
> What "patch" did you apply?
>
>>
>> install at the moment.
>
> Apologies - I should have pointed out that I don't run Sid servers,
> mostly Squeeze (which does have php5-suhosin) and a few Wheezy -
which
> doesn't have php5-suhosin. So my experience may *not* translate :(
>
> scottfer@dom003039:~$ lsb_release -d
> Description: Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.10 (squeeze)
> scottfer@dom003039:~$ mlocate suhosin
> /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini
> /usr/lib/php5/20090626+lfs/suhosin.so
> /usr/share/doc/php5-suhosin
> /usr/share/doc/php5-suhosin/CREDITS
> /usr/share/doc/php5-suhosin/changelog.Debian.gz
> /usr/share/doc/php5-suhosin/changelog.gz
> /usr/share/doc/php5-suhosin/copyright
> /usr/share/doc/php5-suhosin/examples
> /usr/share/doc/php5-suhosin/examples/suhosin.ini.gz
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-suhosin.conffiles
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-suhosin.list
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-suhosin.md5sums
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/php5-suhosin.postinst
>
>> And no path /etc/php5/conf.d/. There are
>>
>> /etc/php5/apache2/conf.d/ and /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/, with no file
>>
>> suhosin.ini in either. (I tried to manually create one with this
>>
>> setting: no result. Same with modifying php.ini.)
>
> scottfer@dom003039:~$ mlocate suhosin | grep .ini$
> /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini
>
> :/
> Try /etc/php5/conf.d/suhosin.ini - it *should* be there, though I'm
> confused by this "patch" and it's effects.
>
> NOTES:
> * if you only have a web hosting account instead of full access you may
> need to modify ~/etc/php.ini or similar. Some web hosting providers will
> not let you set memory limits. I "assume" you have a vps at a minimum.
> * AFAIK ini set won't work if you have safe mode enabled
> * you can't set a memory limit above what is available to the system
>
>> <?php
>>
>> ini_set ( 'suhosin.memory_limit', '1G' );
>>
>> ini_set ( 'memory_limit', '1G' );
>>
>
>> ini_get ( 'memory_limit' ); // returns '1G' - so far, so good
>
>Unfortunately it will report that even if that amount of memory is not
>available.
>
>>
>>
>> file_put_contents ( $about_520M );
>>
>> // PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes
exhausted...
>
>
> What do you get from (as the user running the php process):-
> php -i | grep memory_limit
>>
>> Changing the system to pass data in portions would require a nearly
>>
>> complete rewrite (~70,000 lines of code). Data size never gets over
>>
>> 1G, so with a 2G memory_limit, which is realistic, the system will work
>>
>> fine.
>>
>>
>> Thanks again,
>>
>>
>> Grigor
>>
>>
>>>>
>>
>>>> Debian Sid, amd64, php5-common 5.6.0+dfsg-1+b1. If you need
more info,
>>
>>>> please don't hesitate to ask.
>
> Do you host the server yourself?
