Hello everyone,
I'm trying to install moodle 3.1.2+... But I get the following error message:
PHP setting must be changed.
Insufficient memory detected, please set higher memory limit in PHP settings.
And at the end of the page:
The minimum memory for 3.1 (and, I think, several earlier versions) is 96M. Even that's a minimum. Some functions will require more.
So... I can't install moodle just with 70M for memory_limit...
If you have no way to increase it then no.
Have you asked your administrator or hosting company? Moodle is a big application and needs suitable resources. It's not the easiest thing to run on the cheap.
Got command line access? There is a script for installing in moodlecode/admin/ called install.php.
Since that takes apache out of the loop it might actually use less memory.
If you don't have access to command line, me thinks asking provider to do it for you might be risky ... not that they couldn't do it ... question is would they and if one has troubles installing what of running it over a long period of time .... past initial install ... Moodles only grow after initial ... they don't get smaller.
So ... you might have to opt for a package from provider that allocates more resources to your setup ... they call those VPS's - managed and un-managed. Managed means they take care of updates to OS stuff, but customer handles apps.
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'spirit of sharing', Ken
Ken.... it's nothing to do with how much memory it uses. The 96MB restriction is in the environment checks. Moodle will refuse to install with less than that.
Thank you all.
I'll try to talk to the provider.
On the other hand ... MoodleDocs should be updated.
https://docs.moodle.org/31/en/PHP
"memory_limit should be at least 64M..."
Howard is correct. My bad. Should have checked it out before opening foot and inserting mouth! :\
The page referenced does say:
memory_limit should be at least 64M (although some functions may not work if this low). 128M is recommended. Large systems may need an even higher setting.
So according to that, the recommendation is 128M.
Thought: if one has to get hosting provider to set this and they do so on a temporary basis just to install, one might have issues (eventually) in actually running Moodle in near future.
'spirit of sharing', Ken
