PHP Command-line scripts are ignoring php.ini and ini_set('memory_limit',…) directives

Question

I am facing the common \"Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 30408704) (tried to allocate 24 bytes)...\" PHP Fatal error. Pages served via Apache are not exhibiting this b

Answer 1

your PHP on cli may be using a different php.ini to your apache php. try a phpinfo() and check its using the ini file you think its using.

Answer 2

It turns out that the problem was caused by shell fork bomb protection being enabled on the server that was placing a hard memory limit on all command-line scripts. This had been enabled by my web host without my knowledge.