PHP 4.0 Bug #7836 Updated: memory_limit ignored

ID: 7836 Updated by: jmoore Reported By: mail-php@kimihia.org.nz Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Assigned To: jmoore Comments: This is actually fairly clear in the manual.. It is also clear when doing ./configure --help. I added a note about default value to manual but thats about all we can do.. we cant force people to read the docus Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-11-17 11:21:14] jmoore@php.net I find this strange that this is not enabled by default.. Is there a good reason for this?? Personally I think its somthing people assume is turned on and should be on by default. Maybe there are good reasons for it not being on by default. I will add a note in php.ini and the config options in the manual later this evening --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-11-16 07:13:59] hholzgra@php.net --with-memory-limit was not enabled maybe this is not clear enough in the manual or the comments in php.ini-dist ? moved to documentation problems --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-11-16 05:30:00] hholzgra@php.net how does your configure line look like? have you used '--enable-memory-limit' ? it is _not_ enabled by default! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-11-15 22:11:20] mail-php@kimihia.org.nz The resource limits section of php.ini is being ignored. The ini file reads: memory_limit = 6M In a script it is possible to allocate well past this. I succeeded in allocating over 100MB. Sample: $str = ''; $total = 0; for ( $i = 0 ; $i < 65000 ; $i++ ) $str .= 'a'; for ( $i = 0 ; $i < 1024 ; $i++ ) { printf(' %d (%d)', $i, $total); $strbuff[$i] = "$i - $str"; flush(); $total += strlen($strbuff[$i]); } # This allocates ~ 64MB --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7836