Simple Invoices - Forum

Hey Linda,

hmm. 32M should be more than enough

memory_limit = 24M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB)
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just double check it is the memory_limit setting in the .ini

anyone else got this issue?

Cheers

Justin

Thanks Justin,

In fact yes, well, I upped it to 64MB and am still getting:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 77 bytes) in /home//public_html/simpleinvoices/include/pdf/utils_units.php on line 70

Checking the error log I see the following:

[05-Feb-2008 08:17:36] Guessed: 'http://www.mysite.com/simpleinvoices/./templates/invoices/default/style.css'
[05-Feb-2008 08:17:36] Fetching: http://www.mysite.com/simpleinvoices/./templates/invoices/default/style.css
[05-Feb-2008 08:17:36] Status code:200
[05-Feb-2008 08:17:36] Guessed: 'http://www.mysite.com/simpleinvoices/./templates/invoices/logos/_default_blank_logo.png'
[05-Feb-2008 08:17:36] Fetching: http://www.mysite.com/simpleinvoices/./templates/invoices/logos/_default_blank_logo.png
[05-Feb-2008 08:17:36] Status code:200
[05-Feb-2008 08:17:37] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 24 bytes) in /home/mysite/public_html/simpleinvoices/include/pdf/list-style.image.php on line 13

[04-Feb-2008 12:42:59] Guessed: 'http://www.mysite.com/simpleinvoices/./images/logo/_default_blank_logo.png'
[04-Feb-2008 12:42:59] Fetching: http://www.mysite.com/simpleinvoices/./images/logo/_default_blank_logo.png
[04-Feb-2008 12:42:59] Status code:200
[04-Feb-2008 12:43:00] PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 77 bytes) in /home/mysite/public_html/simpleinvoices/pdf/css.border.inc.php on line 200

Hi,

Just ignore that last line - I'm really not sure what the problem is!

I do have those files, they are returning a 200 code.

Thanks,
Linda

Hey Linda,

probably best to ask Bluehost.com

they may have some special php.ini setup or something

let us know how you go

Cheers

Justin

I am having the same trouble.

My memory limit is set to 32M

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 72 bytes) in /home/***/public_html/invoices/include/pdf/css.margin.inc.php on line 9

I upgraded successfully to the newest version but I still have the same problem.

I increased the memory limit by adding an edited php.ini file to the invoices directory, and phpinfo reveals that the memory is indeed 64M, but I still get the same error.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 77 bytes)

Hey Arzajac

One thing you can try is to set the values in .htaccess if possible

you can override the default php.ini setting using .htaccess

also may want to check all the memory values in http://yourinstall.com/simpleinvoices/phpinfo.php to ensure there all OK

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php#80210

if all else fails ask your host - maybe there are doing some funky thing that overrides your mods to php.ini

let us know how you go

Cheers

Justin

[quote=justin]

also may want to check all the memory values in http://yourinstall.com/simpleinvoices/phpinfo.php to ensure there all OK


I have increased it to 64M. I confirmed that with phpinfo from invoices. I still get the same error (reporting the same problem with 33554432 bytes exhausted) Since you said that 32M should be more than enough, I wonder what the problem would be.

[quote=justin]
if all else fails ask your host - maybe there are doing some funky thing that overrides your mods to php.ini



I asked them, and am waiting for an answer. Do you have any possible idea what the problem could be related to? This trouble appeared all of a sudden. It may be that they upgraded php or changed some settings...

Hey Arzajac,

not really sure, i normally use on 24MB and it works fine - so 32 should work - but who know - your host may have made some changes

was pdf working before?

Cheers

Justin

[quote=justin]


was pdf working before?


Yes, perfectly fine.

if it was working fine and you changed nothing then most likely the webhost did something

one thing to try is to do a fresh install of Simple Invoices in a new directory

cheers

justin

I got it working.

My hosting provider mentioned that a php.ini must be present in every subdirectory that requires setting different than the "master" (global) settings. The default memory setting is 32M. I upped the memory to 64M in the /include/pdf subfolder and I got it to work.

Interestingly, the previous settings for php were 24M and everything worked fine then. Perhaps there have been point releases of PHP5 which make some things consume more ram(?)

I experimented and found that I could not generate a pdf with anything less than 35 Megs of ram allocated in the /include/pdf subfolder. All other folders have a limit of 32M.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can tell you about this issue.

Thanks!

Andrew

Thanks Andrew

good to hear its working now!

i'll try using different memory levels on my PC and see how i go -might have to update the docs about this one

Cheers

Justin

[quote=justin]
you can override the default php.ini setting using .htaccess


I'm having the same problem and would like a little more info on how to accomplish this in a more explicit information. I don't know really anything useful about PHP but I can follow the directions of those that do.

hey flatloop

ive never used .htaccess to set php.ini setting but believe its possible

basically add a .htaccess file in your Simple Invoices directory

then you can add the php.ini memory setting in there

ie. memory_limit = 64M

or php memory_limit = 64M

don't know the exact syntax but it'll be something like above

anyone else know the correct way to set php.ini settings via .htaccess?

refer: http://us2.php.net/configuration.changes for more info

Cheers

Justin

Hey folks

I also got the same error. For me the solution was to set the memory limit to 256!! I'm using XAMPP with php 5.2.5

256, damn thats alot!!

Cheers

Justin

Thanks Andrew, adding a php.ini file into my include/pdf/ folder did the trick for generating pdf files. Woohoo!

Happy again :)
Linda

Hey Linda,

great to hear its working now!!

Thanks again Andrew!

Cheers

Justin

Had the same problem but solved it by adding: ini_set('memory_limit','72M'); to the top of the index.php file. Still got the error at 64M but 72M did the trick.

Cichawoda, I just used your trick on the first line of index.php (after the comments) and it worked perfect (i just had to set mine at 256M it failed at 72 then 128 so i just went to 256 and it worked like a champ!) Thanks!

Adding: ini_set('memory_limit','256M'); to the top of index.php worked for me too. Thanks for the help to all of you who contributed. Maybe this line should go in the default install.

@rednectar With the new version we will have a new PDF library. Then we will need a lot less memory and the problem is gone.

I have read the whole post and apply all the things but still i am getting Fatal errors.

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 71 bytes) in /home2/itutilis/public_html/tiger/library/pdf/css.state.class.php on line 99

i have this in php.ini file ( memory_limit=1024M ) still doesn't work.
In index file i have following code below.

ini_set('memory_limit','1024M');
<?php<br />
$host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];

preg_match("#^(.*)/[^/]*$#", $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], $matches);
$uri = $matches[1];

header("Location: http://${host}${uri}/demo/index.php");

?>

Can some one please help me solve this question. thanks