Verify PHP memory_limit

[acarlsson]

We are hosting our own server, it's a Mac OS X 10.4.11 with PHP 4.4.9

We have some problems with our forum that is due to a low memory limit in PHP.

However, I have changed the memory_limit on every place I could found (to 256M), without success.

Is there any way to *verify* the set memory_limit? php -i dosen't give me a clue.

Further, there is a line enabling "Zend Memory Manager". What is this and should it be on?

We are moving the forum to a new server later this year, but it's nice to have it working in the meanwhile.

Thanks,

/andreas

[Aiwa]

PHP 4.4.9 ?!?!?!?! You sure it's not 5.4.9?

You need to upgrade that... I'm honestly surprised your site is even working with that low of a php version..

[Dmacleo]

yeah that just caught my eye too

[Aiwa]

Run php info. It will show you what your values are.

If you set a different value and don't see it reflected, try restarting apache. Also, if you have a local php.ini, make sure it's set correctly there and also that your apache configuration is looking in the right place for local php.ini files.

[Rhett]

Run php info. It will show you what your values are.

If you set a different value and don't see it reflected, try restarting apache. Also, if you have a local php.ini, make sure it's set correctly there and also that your apache configuration is looking in the right place for local php.ini files.

phpinfo will also show you the configuration file loaded, so you can ensure you are editing the proper file/location.

[acarlsson]

Folks,

thanks for the answers.

No matter what I set the memory_limit value to, and restart Apache (have even restarted the server), I see no difference.

And yes, - it's v4.4.9...

Due to life I haven't been able to update it yet. Is it complicated?

[acarlsson]

Here's a version of the info output. As you can see we had a Filemaker Server on this machine as well. That is no longer running, but I can see that PHP still have some info about it. I have altered that php.ini file as well, just to be sure.

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PHP Version => 4.4.9

System => Darwin static-**** 8.11.1 Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.1: Wed Oct 10 18:23:28 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.25.20~1/RELEASE_I386 i386

Build Date => Sep 17 2008 14:52:40

Configure Command => '/SourceCache/apache_mod_php/apache_mod_php-18.11/php/configure' '--prefix=/usr' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--disable-dependency-tracking' '--with-apxs' '--with-ldap=/usr' '--with-kerberos=/usr' '--enable-cli' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr' '--enable-trans-sid' '--with-xml' '--enable-exif' '--enable-ftp' '--enable-mbstring' '--enable-mbregex' '--enable-dbx' '--enable-sockets' '--with-iodbc=/usr' '--with-curl=/usr' '--with-config-file-path=/etc' '--sysconfdir=/private/etc' '--with-mysql=/usr' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/mysql/mysql.sock' '--without-pear'

Server API => Command Line Interface

Virtual Directory Support => disabled

Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /private/etc/php.ini

PHP API => 20020918

PHP Extension => 20020429

Zend Extension => 20050606

Debug Build => no

Zend Memory Manager => enabled

Thread Safety => disabled

Registered PHP Streams => php, http, ftp, compress.zlib

This program makes use of the Zend Scripting Language Engine:

Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright © 1998-2004 Zend Technologies

_______________________________________________________________________

Configuration

PHP Core

Directive => Local Value => Master Value

allow_call_time_pass_reference => Off => Off

allow_url_fopen => On => On

always_populate_raw_post_data => Off => Off

arg_separator.input => & => &

arg_separator.output => & => &

asp_tags => Off => Off

auto_append_file => no value => no value

auto_prepend_file => no value => no value

browscap => no value => no value

default_charset => no value => no value

default_mimetype => text/html => text/html

define_syslog_variables => Off => Off

disable_classes => no value => no value

disable_functions => no value => no value

display_errors => Off => Off

display_startup_errors => Off => Off

doc_root => no value => no value

docref_ext => no value => no value

docref_root => no value => no value

enable_dl => On => On

error_append_string => no value => no value

error_log => no value => no value

error_prepend_string => no value => no value

error_reporting => 2047 => 2047

expose_php => On => On

extension_dir => /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429 => /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20020429

file_uploads => On => On

gpc_order => GPC => GPC

highlight.bg => #FFFFFF => #FFFFFF

highlight.comment => #FF8000 => #FF8000

highlight.default => #0000BB => #0000BB

highlight.html => #000000 => #000000

highlight.keyword => #007700 => #007700

highlight.string => #DD0000 => #DD0000

html_errors => Off => On

ignore_repeated_errors => Off => Off

ignore_repeated_source => Off => Off

ignore_user_abort => Off => Off

implicit_flush => On => Off

include_path => .:/Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/php/lib/php => .:/Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/php/lib/php

log_errors => On => On

log_errors_max_len => 1024 => 1024

magic_quotes_gpc => Off => Off

magic_quotes_runtime => Off => Off

magic_quotes_sybase => Off => Off

max_execution_time => 0 => 30

max_input_nesting_level => 500 => 500

max_input_time => 60 => 60

open_basedir => no value => no value

output_buffering => 0 => 4096

output_handler => no value => no value

post_max_size => 8M => 8M

precision => 14 => 14

register_argc_argv => On => Off

register_globals => Off => Off

report_memleaks => On => On

safe_mode => Off => Off

safe_mode_exec_dir => no value => no value

safe_mode_gid => Off => Off

safe_mode_include_dir => no value => no value

sendmail_from => no value => no value

sendmail_path => /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i => /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i

serialize_precision => 100 => 100

short_open_tag => On => On

SMTP => localhost => localhost

smtp_port => 25 => 25

sql.safe_mode => Off => Off

track_errors => Off => Off

unserialize_callback_func => no value => no value

upload_max_filesize => 2M => 2M

upload_tmp_dir => no value => no value

user_dir => no value => no value

variables_order => GPCS => GPCS

xmlrpc_error_number => 0 => 0

xmlrpc_errors => Off => Off

y2k_compliance => On => On

ctype

ctype functions => enabled

curl

CURL support => enabled

CURL Information => libcurl/7.16.3 OpenSSL/0.9.7l zlib/1.2.3

dbx

dbx support => enabled

dbx version => 1.0.0

supported databases => MySQL

ODBC

PostgreSQL

Microsoft SQL Server

FrontBase

Oracle 8 (oci8)

Sybase-CT

Directive => Local Value => Master Value

dbx.colnames_case => unchanged => unchanged

exif

EXIF Support => enabled

EXIF Version => 1.4 $Id: exif.c,v 1.118.2.37.2.8 2007/12/31 07:22:46 sebastian Exp $

Supported EXIF Version => 0220

Supported filetypes => JPEG,TIFF

ftp

FTP support => enabled

ldap

LDAP Support => enabled

RCS Version => $Id: ldap.c,v 1.130.2.13.2.3 2007/12/31 07:22:48 sebastian Exp $

Total Links => 0/unlimited

API Version => 3001

Vendor Name => OpenLDAP

Vendor Version => 20219

mbstring

Multibyte Support => enabled

Japanese support => enabled

Simplified chinese support => enabled

Traditional chinese support => enabled

Korean support => enabled

Russian support => enabled

Multibyte (japanese) regex support => enabled

mbstring extension makes use of "streamable kanji code filter and converter", which is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1.

Directive => Local Value => Master Value

mbstring.detect_order => no value => no value

mbstring.encoding_translation => Off => Off

mbstring.func_overload => 0 => 0

mbstring.http_input => pass => pass

mbstring.http_output => pass => pass

mbstring.internal_encoding => ISO-8859-1 => no value

mbstring.language => neutral => neutral

mbstring.substitute_character => no value => no value

mysql

MySQL Support => enabled

Active Persistent Links => 0

Active Links => 0

Client API version => 4.1.22

MYSQL_MODULE_TYPE => external

MYSQL_SOCKET => /var/mysql/mysql.sock

MYSQL_INCLUDE => -I/usr/include/mysql

MYSQL_LIBS => -L/usr/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient

Directive => Local Value => Master Value

mysql.allow_persistent => On => On

mysql.connect_timeout => 60 => 60

mysql.default_host => no value => no value

mysql.default_password => no value => no value

mysql.default_port => no value => no value

mysql.default_socket => no value => no value

mysql.default_user => no value => no value

mysql.max_links => Unlimited => Unlimited

mysql.max_persistent => Unlimited => Unlimited

mysql.trace_mode => Off => Off

odbc

ODBC Support => enabled

Active Persistent Links => 0

Active Links => 0

ODBC library => iodbc

ODBC_INCLUDE => -I/usr/include

ODBC_LFLAGS => -L/usr/lib

ODBC_LIBS => -liodbc

Directive => Local Value => Master Value

odbc.allow_persistent => On => On

odbc.check_persistent => On => On

odbc.default_db => no value => no value

odbc.default_pw => <i>no value</i> => <i>no value</i>

odbc.default_user => no value => no value

odbc.defaultbinmode => return as is => return as is

odbc.defaultlrl => return up to 4096 bytes => return up to 4096 bytes

odbc.max_links => Unlimited => Unlimited

odbc.max_persistent => Unlimited => Unlimited

overload

User-Space Object Overloading Support => enabled

pcre

PCRE (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) Support => enabled

PCRE Library Version => 7.7 2008-05-07

posix

Revision => $Revision: 1.51.2.4.2.4 $

session

Session Support => enabled

Registered save handlers => files user

Directive => Local Value => Master Value

session.auto_start => Off => Off

session.bug_compat_42 => Off => Off

session.bug_compat_warn => On => On

session.cache_expire => 180 => 180

session.cache_limiter => nocache => nocache

session.cookie_domain => no value => no value

session.cookie_lifetime => 0 => 0

session.cookie_path => / => /

session.cookie_secure => Off => Off

session.entropy_file => no value => no value

session.entropy_length => 0 => 0

session.gc_divisor => 1000 => 1000

session.gc_maxlifetime => 1440 => 1440

session.gc_probability => 1 => 1

session.name => PHPSESSID => PHPSESSID

session.referer_check => no value => no value

session.save_handler => files => files

session.save_path => /tmp => /tmp

session.serialize_handler => php => php

session.use_cookies => On => On

session.use_only_cookies => Off => Off

session.use_trans_sid => Off => Off

sockets

Sockets Support => enabled

standard

Regex Library => Bundled library enabled

Dynamic Library Support => enabled

Path to sendmail => /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i

Directive => Local Value => Master Value

assert.active => 1 => 1

assert.bail => 0 => 0

assert.callback => no value => no value

assert.quiet_eval => 0 => 0

assert.warning => 1 => 1

auto_detect_line_endings => 0 => 0

default_socket_timeout => 60 => 60

safe_mode_allowed_env_vars => PHP_ => PHP_

safe_mode_protected_env_vars => LD_LIBRARY_PATH => LD_LIBRARY_PATH

url_rewriter.tags => a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry => a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry

user_agent => no value => no value

tokenizer

Tokenizer Support => enabled

xml

XML Support => active

XML Namespace Support => active

EXPAT Version => 1.95.6

zlib

ZLib Support => enabled

Compiled Version => 1.2.3

Linked Version => 1.2.3

Directive => Local Value => Master Value

zlib.output_compression => Off => Off

zlib.output_compression_level => -1 => -1

zlib.output_handler => no value => no value

Additional Modules

Module Name

Environment

Variable => Value

TERM_PROGRAM => Apple_Terminal

SHELL => /bin/bash

TERM => xterm-color

TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION => 133-1

OLDPWD => /Users/admin

USER => root

SUDO_USER => admin

SUDO_UID => 501

__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING => 0x0:0:0

PATH => /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

PWD => /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/php/lib

SUDO_COMMAND => /bin/bash

HOME => /Users/admin

SHLVL => 2

LOGNAME => root

SUDO_GID => 20

SECURITYSESSIONID => b166a0

_ => /usr/bin/php

PHP Variables

Variable => Value

_SERVER["TERM_PROGRAM"] => Apple_Terminal

_SERVER["SHELL"] => /bin/bash

_SERVER["TERM"] => xterm-color

_SERVER["TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION"] => 133-1

_SERVER["OLDPWD"] => /Users/admin

_SERVER["USER"] => root

_SERVER["SUDO_USER"] => admin

_SERVER["SUDO_UID"] => 501

_SERVER["__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING"] => 0x0:0:0

_SERVER["PATH"] => /bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

_SERVER["PWD"] => /Library/FileMaker Server/Web Publishing/publishing-engine/php/lib

_SERVER["SUDO_COMMAND"] => /bin/bash

_SERVER["HOME"] => /Users/admin

_SERVER["SHLVL"] => 2

_SERVER["LOGNAME"] => root

_SERVER["SUDO_GID"] => 20

_SERVER["SECURITYSESSIONID"] => b166a0

_SERVER["_"] => /usr/bin/php

_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] =>

_SERVER["SCRIPT_NAME"] =>

_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] =>

_SERVER["PATH_TRANSLATED"] =>

_SERVER["DOCUMENT_ROOT"] =>

_SERVER["argv"] => Array

(

)

_SERVER["argc"] => 0

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Comments?

[Aiwa]

Maybe I'm blind, but I don't see a memory_limit reported in that php info.

You REALLY should update php.

It's not hard to update php. If you have yum on the server it can download everything for you.

[Dmacleo]

Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /private/etc/php.ini

if thats the one you printed here then the 256 isn't in it

really not sure how to update mac servers.