how to avoid a fatal error

[sfullman]

I have a script which uses createimagefromjpeg() - one of the image functions of GD library. I have a problem. For unknown reasons some files take up the last bit of memory, which returns this error:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 10200 bytes) in ..

OK, what I want to do is make that a non-fatal error, temporarily, until we get past the imagecreate, and then go back to regular error handling. Any suggestions?

Samuel

[NogDog]

I don't think you can "turn off" the error, but you can try raising the value of memory_limit and use the [man]memory_get_usage[/man] function to track what the memory usage is at various points in the script.

PS: If you are manipulating more than one image, it's best to do one, then use [man]image_destroy[/man] before proceeding to the next one. Also, when you open an image such as with [man]imagecreatefromjpeg[/man], note that the memory required to do so will be significantly more than the size of the jpeg file being used, as the imagecreate functions store it in memory as a bitmap.