Re: PHP memory garbage collection

Anze wrote: 
Anybody? Please? I really need to solve this...

Is there a way to measure current memory consumption?

Regards,

Anze

Anze wrote:

Hi!

I have a script that uses a lot of memory and an ISP that has memory-limit
set to 10 Mb. The script of course doesn't finish running. :(

The program is rather simple - it parses XML into an array and then starts
the loop that inserts data into the database. If I use a very large XML
file then the PHP crashes inside the loop (Fatal error: Allowed memory
size of 10485760 bytes exhausted) - indicating that the problem lies
within loop somewhere.

Can I trace memory consumption of a PHP script so I can determine where
the memory is wasted?

If PHP uses all the memory (and frees nothing) until the end of the script
then that could be the problem - is there any way I can force it to do
garbage collection?

Any comment on how PHP uses memory would be appreciated - I would really
hate to have to break the script into smaller pieces (or change ISP for
that matter :) ).

Thanks!

Anze 


I'm already thinking of a solution, my fault...

Look into your script for where you have global variables which you don't need anymore and then unset them (unset($var)).

If you can't solve it this way, you can contact your ISP to run the script for you through SSH or something.

I don't think you would run the script often or do you? If you do, I suggest thinking about the logic and effeciency about your piece of programming.
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