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memory_get_usage

memory_get_usage

(PHP 4 >= 4.3.2, PHP 5, PHP 7)

memory_get_usage — Returns the amount of memory allocated to PHP

Description

int memory_get_usage ([ bool $real_usage = false ] )

Returns the amount of memory, in bytes, that's currently being allocated to your PHP script.

Parameters

real_usage

Set this to TRUE to get total memory allocated from system, including unused pages. If not set or FALSE only the used memory is reported.

Note: PHP does not track memory that is not allocated by emalloc()

Return Values

Returns the memory amount in bytes.

Changelog

VersionDescription
5.2.1Compiling with --enable-memory-limit is no longer required for this function to exist.
5.2.0real_usage was added.

Examples

Example #1 A memory_get_usage() example

<?php // This is only an example, the numbers below will // differ depending on your system echo memory_get_usage() . "\n"; // 36640 $a = str_repeat("Hello", 4242 echo memory_get_usage() . "\n"; // 57960 unset($a echo memory_get_usage() . "\n"; // 36744 ?>

See Also

  • memory_get_peak_usage() - Returns the peak of memory allocated by PHP

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