Important 11 posts on thread then blank page

daviddmf wrote

Sorry I should be more acquainted with how to increase joomla memory size.

G'day, David

I've spent the past two hours looking into this fascinating subject, partly for your benefit and also for mine.

Although a little off-topic - I'm not experiencing the 11-posts-on-thread-then-blank-page problem - I was inspired to do my research because of what Matias wrote.

Matias wrote

Kunena needs more than 32MB of PHP memory when running with CB integration - 64MB is recommended.

The point I want to make is that I am using CB 1.2.3 with K 1.6 on J! 1.5.20 with "only" 32M memory without any apparent difficulty as far as I can tell.

But, in investigating your implied question "How to increase PHP memory allocation for Joomla?", I came across this interesting thread: forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=275276 (read the thread, if only to have a chuckle at one of the stories entitled "The Twenty Steps").

I assume that the information one needs needs to know about "What is the PHP memory_limit for Joomla?" is obtained from your Administrator site: Help » System Info » PHP Information. This screen shows two values for memory_limit: the first column is the "local" value, the second column is the "master" value. I assume that the value in the first column is the value Joomla is attempting to allocate (rather than the actual amount being used). I also assume the the second column is some absolute limit applied by the global PHP configuration (php.ini). If my assumptions are incorrect, I hope that someone else can inform us what they really mean.

The advice given in the abovementioned topic was:

Add the following line of code (make it the second line in the file, immediately after "<?php") in each of the following files:

• index.php and the index2.php file in the main Joomla root folder; and
• index.php, index2.php, and index3.php (if you have a 2 and 3) files under the Administrator folder

I've done that and now, when I look at Help » System Info » PHP Information, I see

memory_limit 64M (local) 32M (master)

So, I'm still left wondering whether I really have the 64M that I want? :dry:

I posted a request to my webhosting provider (I'm still waiting for their reply) about whether I can increase the memory limit for PHP or not and, if it's possible, where is the php.ini file that I can change? In summary, it may not always be entirely possible for you to change the PHP memory_limit because your webhosting provider may not allow it. I'll let you know what is my experience from my w/host provider.

Sozzled chuffed that you would spend 2 hours of your precious time partly but not totally for my benefit. Looks like I have unwittingly opened up a can of worms here. Did read the Twenty Steps well worth the read (LOL) well perhaps Matias can shed more light on this mystery.

I wont upgrade to 1.6 just yet as I would like to find out if the memory is causing this issue.

Gratefully

David

David, I have to candidly admit that because I have not experienced any issues related to memory limits myself, I've only maintained an "academic interest" in the subject. During the time that I've been a member of the Kunena website - and for all that time the number of occasions where I've seen the advice given "increase your memory size and here's how to do it" - I have never actually tried to do what was suggested. Or if I tried, maybe I didn't pursue the matter vigorously enough because I wasn't experiencing any problems.

However, I am disturbed that, as Kunena continues to develop and grow, and as other products that I use in my own webcraft also continue to develop and grow, one day I may encounter a situation similar to what others have already encountered that requires my urgent attention. I think it's been said before (and I mentioned it in this thread) that changing the PHP memory_size parameter may not always be within the reach of users. This fact was also made in the topic that I found at the Joomla forum site (see my earlier msg). So, while it's not urgent for me it's important enough that I've started my enquiries with my webhosting provider. It could be a while before I hear back from them and, I suspect, there may be nothing I can do in my own case apart from reducing the complexity of my sites or changing to a different webhost.

No "can of worms": a very intelligent and reasonable request for information and I think you deserve a good reply. I just don't have a good reply for you. :laugh:

Memory may be a factor in the why-am-I-only-able-to-view-11-posts syndrome of yours. As you say, we'll just have to wait to find out more.

Received a note from my host techie who said they have installed a php.ini file on my home directory with 124mb of maximum memory. However this has not fixed the forum bug of only being able to view 11 posts when I am logged in to site. So this leaves me with a last option to upload kunena 1.6 and see if that fixes the bug or upgrading CB my current version is: 1.2.3

Thanks for all your highly responsive assistance.

David

Very odd I am running latest version of kunena and CB and there seems to be too many bugs to upgrade to 1.6

so this leaves me with a blank page bug !!

this seems very odd to me can you provide more info on your setup ( php version, apache version, php configuration information ) and the cofig report from K1.6