Tracking Memory Usage in PHP

Question

I\'m trying to track the memory usage of a script that processes URLs. The basic idea is to check that there\'s a reasonable buffer before adding another URL to a cURL multi

Answer 1

I also assume memory_get_usage() is safe but I guess you can compare both methods and decide for yourself, here is a function that parses the system calls:

function Memory_Usage($decimals = 2)
{
    $result = 0;

    if (function_exists('memory_get_usage'))
    {
        $result = memory_get_usage() / 1024;
    }

    else
    {
        if (function_exists('exec'))
        {
            $output = array();

            if (substr(strtoupper(PHP_OS), 0, 3) == 'WIN')
            {
                exec('tasklist /FI "PID eq ' . getmypid() . '" /FO LIST', $output);

                $result = preg_replace('/[\D]/', '', $output[5]);
            }

            else
            {
                exec('ps -eo%mem,rss,pid | grep ' . getmypid(), $output);

                $output = explode('  ', $output[0]);

                $result = $output[1];
            }
        }
    }

    return number_format(intval($result) / 1024, $decimals, '.', '');
}