Title: Meta.php and problems with memory
Last modified: January 17, 2018

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# Meta.php and problems with memory

 *  Resolved [mrspabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrspabs/)
 * (@mrspabs)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-php-and-problems-with-memory/)
 * [Fri Jan 12 23:07:42.367543 2018] [:error] [pid 31623] [client —-] PHP Fatal 
   error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 64
   bytes) in /var/www/wp-includes/meta.php on line 840, referer: [http://www.domain.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1082&action=edit](http://www.domain.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=1082&action=edit)
 * One of my users is getting a blank screen when they try to use the dashboard.
   My error logs show this error message.
 * I think 128MB should be enough memory to run wordpress. I can bump up, but is
   there something else going on that I can fix?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-php-and-problems-with-memory/#post-9874267)
 * It’s probably just what it says on the tine – you’ve run out of PHP memory.
 * There are three ways to increase PHP’s memory allocation:
 * 1. If you can edit or override the system `php.ini` file, increase the memory
   limit. For example, `memory_limit = 256M`
 * 2. If you cannot edit or override the system `php.ini` file, add `php_value memory_limit
   256M` to your `.htaccess` file.
 * 3. If neither of these work, it’s time to ask your hosting provider to increase
   PHP’s memory allocation on your account.
 *  Thread Starter [mrspabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrspabs/)
 * (@mrspabs)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-php-and-problems-with-memory/#post-10091765)
 * Thanks

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 * Last reply from: [mrspabs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrspabs/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/meta-php-and-problems-with-memory/#post-10091765)
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