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

// helpers

/**
 * @return array|null
 */
protected function getSystemMemInfo()
{
    $meminfo = @file_get_contents("/proc/meminfo");
    if ($meminfo) {
        $data = explode("\n", $meminfo);
        $meminfo = [];
        foreach ($data as $line) {
            if( strpos( $line, ':' ) !== false ) {
                list($key, $val) = explode(":", $line);
                $val = trim($val);
                $val = preg_replace('/ kB$/', '', $val);
                if (is_numeric($val)) {
                    $val = intval($val);
                }
                $meminfo[$key] = $val;
            }
        }
        return $meminfo;
    }
    return  null;
}

// example call to check health
public function check() {
    $memInfo = $this->getSystemMemInfo();
    if ($memInfo) {
        $totalMemory = $memInfo['MemTotal'];
        $freeMemory = $memInfo['MemFree'];
        $swapTotalMemory = $memInfo['SwapTotal'];
        $swapFreeMemory = $memInfo['SwapFree'];
        if (($totalMemory / 100.0) * 30.0 > $freeMemory) {
            if (($swapTotalMemory / 100.0) * 50.0 > $swapFreeMemory) {
                return new Failure('Less than 30% free memory and less than 50% free swap space');
            }
            return new Warning('Less than 30% free memory');
        }
    }
    return new Success('ok');
}