# How do I increase PHP's memory?

**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-increase-phps-memory/37170
**Category:** Community Help
**Created:** [August 13, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-increase-phps-memory/37170 "2020-08-13T18:10:46Z")
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### Author: ![deHakkelaar](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/dehakkelaar/32/674_2.png) [@deHakkelaar](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/deHakkelaar)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-increase-phps-memory/37170/3 "2020-08-13T21:41:14Z")

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```auto
pi@ph5:~ $ sudo nano /etc/php/*/cgi/php.ini
[..]
; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (128MB)
; http://php.net/memory-limit
memory_limit = 128M
[..]

```

* * *

```auto
pi@ph5:~ $ sudo service lighttpd restart
pi@ph5:~ $

```

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```auto
pi@ph5:~ $ php-cgi -i | grep memory_limit
<tr><td class="e">memory_limit</td><td class="v">128M</td><td class="v">128M</td></tr>

```

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