[wp-forums] This is a little cheeky but...

[esmi at quirm dot net]

on 28/09/2011 17:25 Otto said the following:
> 262144 bytes = 256K which is actually the PHP default memory_limit setting.
>
> If the memory_limit is set to something invalid or insane in the INI
> file, then PHP will ignore it and use the default 256K setting.
>
> So double check that memory_limit setting in the INI. One case where I
> saw this, the setting was set to "128MB" which is invalid, because
> it's supposed to be "128M"... no B.

Oh - that makes so much sense! Problem is I can't access php.ini. Looks 
like the host doesn't allow for account-specific php.ini files and I'm 3 
steps away from the host IYKWIM. I'll pass this on and see if the 
client's client will get their hosts to look into it.

Talk about Chinese Whispers...

Mel