Sending newsletter to 350K member forum fails.

[Biology Forums]

After I select all the groups I want to send a newsletter to, the following page (index.php?action=news;sa=mailingcompose) fails to load - it's just white. However, when I choose a smaller group of members to send to, it moves to the next page just fine. Does anyone else with a large forum have this problem?

The apache error log gives me:

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PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 19 bytes) in /***/public_html/Sources/ManageNews.php on line 375, referer: http://***.com/index.php?action=news;sa=mailingmembers



How can I allot more memory if that's the case? You can cross out server hardware.

[青山 素子]

Wow, that's a lot of members. I don't think the newsletter function ever contemplated a number so high. Can you send in smaller batches?

[LiroyvH]

The error actually explains everything. It's not really an SMF error either, but a PHP warning.

But if you did not understand it, then a simple search here or on Google would yield instant results that you have to up PHP's memory_limit directive (in the server's php.ini) to something higher than what it is set at now. It's set *really* low right now.

Basically: fix your server configuration and it'll be happy again.

Wow, that's a lot of members. I don't think the newsletter function ever contemplated a number so high. Can you send in smaller batches?

The newsletters here goes to that amount as well, no problem at all.

[vbgamer45]

Add this to the top top of your Sources/Managenews.php file below the <?php

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@ini_set("memory_limit","256M");


[Biology Forums]

Add this to the top top of your Sources/Managenews.php file below the <?php

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@ini_set("memory_limit","256M");


Your suggestion worked.

Now, I am going to apply this globally with php.ini.

Edit:

Moving to this page (index.php?action=news;sa=mailingsend) after composing the message also produces a white screen.

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PHP Fatal error:  Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 7728283 bytes) in Unknown on line 0, referer: http://***.com/index.php?action=news;sa=mailingcompose


[Biology Forums]

I added the directive into .htaccess

php_value memory_limit 256M

And it worked. Adding it to the master php.ini isn't enough because the local value overrides it.

[vbgamer45]

Good to know!

[LiroyvH]

I added the directive into .htaccess

php_value memory_limit 256M

And it worked. Adding it to the master php.ini isn't enough because the local value overrides it.

Hence why its discouraged to use .htaccess if you have full root access.
Altering in config works better for a variety of reasons for a variety of subjects, leaving it low in php.ini because a local value already exists is fixing an issue by altering the issue.

[JBlaze]

Also, using .htaccess by it's very nature slows down Apache

[青山 素子]

Also, using .htaccess by it's very nature slows down Apache

Even if you don't have an htaccess file. If you allow overrides, Apache checks each directory up to the document root for overrides (htaccess files).