Duplicator Plugin – Memory Limit Trouble Shooting

I’ve searched on this issue at www.ads-software.com a few times and found a discussion here that never led to anything:
https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/duplicator-error?replies=7

Just wanted to add that I did find a solution for the problem in the Duplicator FAQs:

Edit your .htaccess file in your WordPress root
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
php_value memory_limit 2000M
</IfModule>

Edit the php.ini setting to this:
memory_limit = 2000MB

Edit your wp-config.php file and add this:
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘2000M’);
This option would apply only to creating a package

For the first two options on some system the web server will have to be restarted. Please contact your host for details.

Source: https://lifeinthegrid.com/support/knowledgebase.php?article=12#faq-trouble

I couldn’t find the php.ini file, and gave up on the above edit of the php.ini file, however did modifications to the .htaccess and wp-config.php files by adding the above suggested code. The Duplicator plugin took longer than usual, and I was dead certain it wasn’t going to work, but in the end it did. Was great to see the installer and backup packages, and now don’t need to look for another web host.