[Plugin: W3 Total Cache] Fatal error: Allowed memory size exhausted

Look like you are running out of memory assigned to php. You need to update this setting in php.ini if you have the right to do so:

memory_limit = 24M

It is possible that there is another value on your server, update this to:

memory_limit = 64M

Restart http and you are done!

If you cannot update php.ini, you can try to update it in .htaccess, i don’t know if your host let’s you do this, you need to check.

php_value memory_limit 64M

This is not w3tc related what so ever!

The memory limit in php.ini is set to 384MB and the limit in wp-config.php WAS set to 128MB, but I’ve removed the memory limit in the wordpress config file.

Certainly even 128MB should be beyond sufficient?

Well I tried switching from APC to disk caching on W3 and my mysqld use went to 400% CPU and my cpu load spiked up to 7-8 and stayed there.

I’m going to try uninstalling total cache and going back to supercache to see what that does.

Well I tried switching from APC to disk caching on W3 and my mysqld use went to 400% CPU and my cpu load spiked up to 7-8 and stayed there.

Really strange. 384MB should be really sufficient ??

I cannot explain why mysql should go nuts when switching to Disk caching. Maybe Frederick can explain this, but i am pretty sure it has nothing to do with W3TC.

Disk caching with supercache also caused the load to spike for some reason. Bizarre.

So I can’t do disk caching, and when I do APC I get memory errors.

Awesome.

This is a very unique case and I’m looking into it.

I had the same with e.g. supercache.

One of the things to check is the amount of queries by placing the query checks in the footer. E.g. on average you should have something like 40 queries with some plugins this rises to 2500 queries e.g. pagebars.

Typically database activity is not going to exhaust your memory. Some scripts simply require a lot of memory to execute and if you have a poor combination of plugins or cumbersome theme you will see these issues. They do not relate to caching plugins. W3TC runs fine with <32M (the default I believe) memory for PHP with the default theme, which is how WordPress “ships.”

FIXED IT!!!
PRIOR to upgrading to 3.0

Deactivate all plugins, install the “MEMORY BUMP” Plugin. Activate it, and then activate all other plugins, takes about a minute.

Upgrade to 3.0 and it works!

Tried this first without deactivating plugins and it didn’t work.

Memory Bump Plugin is located at

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/memory-bump/

Sorry for not adding the link the first post.

Thanks for sharing!

Hmm well scratch the it worked part below. I installed memory dump and still getting this error. I’m using WordPress 3.0. I thought this whitescreen was due to a addon conflict but I’m getting memory errors like the above poster. So not sure what is going on.

My server is a HostGator VPS Linux server.

Thanks alwaysWorking been looking all over the place for a fix. Your awesome for leaving how you fixed it behind.

Thanks fredericktownes for the awesome caching addon, I really appreciate all the hard work you put into it.

Signing off.

~ Scot Manaher

Can you please submit a bug submission form from the support tab of the plugin?

Frederick just to follow up I did fix my issue..Going to leave the fix for others needing help. It was not actually your plugin causing this, atleast for me it wasn’t.

What I found after testing each plugin is the only thing tied to this error is the amount of memory each plugin uses. You can try and enable any plugin in any order and soon find out that it exhaust the usable memory limit that is set on your server. As you pass that 32m memory limit it throws a white screen. So here is how I fixed it.

The fix is you have to edit the php.ini file via your WHM Cpanel Manager and navigate to PHP configuration editor and change the following…

Core memory_limit

-This sets the maximum amount of memory in bytes that a script is allowed to allocate. This helps prevent poorly written scripts for eating up all available memory on a server.

You want to set from 32m to 64m and all should be fine.

For members…Just a warning if you don’t know what I’m talking about just call up your host and ask them to increase your php memory limit.

Now another fix which many don’t want to hear is limit the number of addons you use. This will not only get rid of your white screen problem but it will also make your website load and run faster.

I hope this helps. Cheers Frederick thanks again for all the work you do.

Signing off.

~ Scot Manaher

Thanks Scot. I’ve noticed that lots of users of WHM / Cpanel are having trouble optimizing their server performance.