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

I don't remember having ever seen such a function -- its kind of out the scope of what PHP is made for, actually.

Even if there was such a functionnality, it would probably be implemented in a way that would be specific to the underlying operating system, and wouldn't probably work on both Linux and windows (see sys_getloadavg for an example of that kind of thing)