[wp-testers] Allowed memory size exhausted

[Robert Deaton]

The best and most common way to do this on *nix and possibly windows
to is ImageMagick, atlhough I'm curious if runninga b inary is
entirely required. Does anybod know off hand how scripts like Gallery
handle this?

On 11/24/05, Andy Skelton <skeltoac at gmail.com> wrote:
> The memory limit is usually 8MB but some hosts may place it higher or
> lower according to whim. There is no easy safety check for memory
> limits and the error is always fatal. 1.6 attempts the resize after
> the upload move and db insert, so if it fails it does so silently.
>
> One good solution is to leave php settings alone (many people can't
> touch them anyway) and include support for a 3rd-party, open source
> image resizing tool that might be included, much like we include
> Snoopy and TinyMCE.
>
> Any volunteers to find the best 'nix thumbnailer binary and code
> around it, while keeping it safe for Win servers and checking a
> defined constant for an alternate program path?
>
> Andy
>
> On 11/23/05, Dougal Campbell <dougal at gunters.org> wrote:
> > Chen ZhaoLin wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > After some checking, it seems that it indeed has to do with php.ini
> > > settings.
> > >
> > > however, it appears that you can overwrite the settings in an individual
> > > script by adding
> > >
> > > ini_set("memory_limit","12M"); (or another number)
> > >
> > > This solved the problem on my 1.5.2 blog, where i added it into
> > > admins-function.php
> > >
> > > Okie.but which file in 2.0 should i make this change to?
> >
> > For any version of WP, I'd put that in my wp-config.php. That way, it
> > won't get overwritten when you upgrade. Alternately, you could make
> > yourself a very simple plugin.
> >
> > --
> > Dougal Campbell <dougal at gunters.org>
> > http://dougal.gunters.org/
> >
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