Hey,

Lately whenever I try to install something using PEAR I get an error that looks something like this (this error is from installing the "inclued" extension):

Problem is that "memory_limit" in php.ini is already 64MB so where does 8388608 come from ?! (and for that matter just how bad is for the server to keep a memory limit of 64MB ?).

All the answers I've found online suggested to change the memory limit variable, which I did. Do you have any ideas ?

Thanks.

The only times I've ever come across memory being exhausted in PHP is when I've had a runaway loop or infinite recursion.

It's possible you've uncovered a bug in Pear that triggers something like that, so my first thought would be to check whether you've got the latest version of Pear (and PHP). If you find there's a newer version, it might have bugfixes that help you.

Alternatively, it could be a legitimate error (albeit poorly handled) -- perhaps you've got more extensions installed than the Pear developers ever dreamt you'd need? If that's the case, are there any you could de-install? Maybe that would help.

If it does turn out that you need to allocate more memory to it, I'm not sure whether Pear would be using the settings in php.ini, since it's run from the commandline rather than as a web page. It may have its own memory size setting, which would explain the difference you noted in the reported figures. See if you can find this setting and change it. (sorry, I don't know where it is, so you'll have to hunt for it!)

This is what I use on the server:


I was hoping that I wouldn't have to update PHP just yet...
Also I don't have a lot of pear extensions installed. One or two at most.

I couldn't find the memory config for pear yet, so if you have any suggestions shoot!