Re: free allocated memory: HOW ?

> int memory_get_usage ( [bool $real_usage] ) > > Returns the amount of memory, in bytes, that's currently being allocated to your PHP > script. > > it returns the number of *bytes* !!! sure, and memory_get_usage()/1048576 returns the number of megs, or am i wrong? o_O > > > > >> exactly how much ram does the server in question have that you can > >> allow a single script to schlock up almost 2gigs ?? > > > > dev machine 4 GB, webserver 8 GB of RAM > > does running top in the cmdline confirm that the script is really eating 100's of Megs? > OMFG, YES it does... top shows the script eating 658 megs right after reading the template (~125 megs before) the read method does following: // read the newsletter template $fh = fopen($file, 'r'); $theData = fread($fh, filesize($file)); fclose($fh); return $theData; > > > > the size of the template is 20.7 Kb > > no way in hell that 20.7Kb turns into 270 Megs if you read the file into php. > > are you experiencing severe load on the server whilst the script is running? > and/or is the script actually very, very slow? well, the script is not very, very slow... it takes ~3-4 seconds to generate each newsletter (including database querys for the customized data)