memory_limit applies for the duration of a single script. Each script will
not be allowed to obtain more than 8MB; So, the problem you're having
originates someplace else (perhaps other parts of PHP grow to consume more
memory, e.g., persistent resource tables or something of the sort).
Zeev
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>Hi there!
>
>As far as I understand, the option "memory_limit" sets the mem-limit for
>
>ONE script.
>I installed PHP as a Apache module and I set the memory_limit to 16M
>(via php.ini).
>
>When I allocate 8M of memory, all works fine. But when two different
>scripts each allocate 8M, I will get sometimes the following message:
>Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 16777216 bytes exhausted (tried to
>allocate 4194304 bytes) in /usr/local/httpd/htdocs/testxx.php on line 6
>
>Both scripts (testx.php and testxx.php) contain the following code:
><?php
>
> $str = "x";
> for($i=0; $i<23; $i++)
> {
> $str .= $str;
> echo strlen($str) . "<br>";
> }
>?>
>
>First, 1 byte will be allocated, then 2, then 4 and so on. The last
>allocated string has a size of 8M.
>It's a little difficult to reproduce the problem because I have to call
>both scripts exactly at the same time from my browser. But, as I said,
>sometimes I get the described error-message.
>
>My question is: Is this normal and memory_limit sets the limit for ALL
>scripts that are currently running or is this a bug?
>
>Thanks in advance!
>
> ... tobias wiersch from germany
>
>
>
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