get server ram with php

Question

Is there a way to know the avaliable ram in a server (linux distro) with php (widthout using linux commands)?

edit: sorry, the objective is to be aware of the ram av

Answer 1

Using /proc/meminfo and getting everything into an array is simple:

var_dump( getSystemMemInfo() );

array(43) {
  ["MemTotal"]=>
  string(10) "2060700 kB"
  ["MemFree"]=>
  string(9) "277344 kB"
  ["Buffers"]=>
  string(8) "92200 kB"
  ["Cached"]=>
  string(9) "650544 kB"
  ["SwapCached"]=>
  string(8) "73592 kB"
  ["Active"]=>
  string(9) "995988 kB"
  ...