How to Solve PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted

In this article, I will share how to fix the below error in any PHP project. The reason for this error is that your server configuration has a very low memory limit.

This is a common issue for PHP developers. Common issues - 

PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 8388608 Bytes Exhausted - 8 MB

PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 16777216 Bytes Exhausted - 16 MB

PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 33554432 Bytes Exhausted - 32 MB

PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 67108864 Bytes Exhausted - 64 MB

PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 134217728 Bytes Exhausted - 128 MB

PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 268435456 Bytes Exhausted - 256 MB

PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 536870912 Bytes Exhausted - 512 MB

PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of 1073741824 Bytes Exhausted - 1 GB

Solution:

1. Increate memory size via ini_set

<?php

ini_set('memory_limit', '1024M'); // or you could use 1G

2. manually edit php.ini file, change default memory_limit

memory_limit = 1024M

You can check your memory limit

<?php
echo ini_get(‘memory_limit’).PHP_EOL

I hope, it will fix your problem.