How do I set the memory_limit for PHP CLI when using xampp

Question

I have tried setting the limit in php.ini but I always get the same error:

Allowed memory size of 262144 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 341351 bytes) in Unknown

Answer 1

The default php.ini file for the CLI in xampp is located in %xamppRoot%\php\php.ini not under %xamppRoot%\apache\bin\php.ini