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Increasing PHP memory limit

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Written by Justin Catello
Updated this week

For Shared and Reseller customers you can easily do this in cPanel by taking the following steps:

  1. Enter cPanel - If you don't know how, you can follow this guide.

  2. In cPanel, look for the Select PHP Version option under the Software section.

  3. On the next screen you will need to click options and then scroll down the page until you see memory_limit.

  4. By default memory_limit is set to 128M.

  5. To set it higher, simply click on the 128M and change it to the desired value from the dropdown. Once you’ve updated it, it will auto-save.

For VPS / Dedicated customers:

  1. Enter WHM - If you don't know how, you can follow this guide.

  2. Search for MultiPHP INI Editor under Software and click on it.

  3. On basic mode, choose the desired version of php from the drop down menu. I have selected PHP 8.2.

  4. Scroll down the page until you see memory_limit and change the value. By default its saved to 128M.

  5. After updating the value of memory limit, click Apply at the bottom of the page.



Congratulations! You've successfully updated the memory limit through cPanel/WHM on your shared or dedicated server.

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