Fixing issues with OSX Memory Limit in PHP for errors - composer

fixphpini

# Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 3582064 bytes) in phar:///usr/local/bin/wp/vendor/composer/composer/src/Composer/Cache.php on line 92
# Reverted composer.json.

# lets figure out why this is happening. If you are using regular command line, it is most likely controlled
# via the system and not mamp or anything, unless you have a different shell setup.  So we need to adjust the
# system PHP

php -i | grep memory

# output may look like [memory_limit => 128M => 128M]
# lets change that to 512

## First find out where php.ini lives

php -i | grep php.ini

# output may look like [Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc] -- it could be multiple lines. 
# So we may need to trackdown each of these

# for the example above (most likely default) we need can 

cd /etc
ls -d php*

# output [php-fpm.conf.default php-fpm.d php.ini.default]
# If this is the case, we need to copy php.ini.default to php.ini
# you most likely need to sudo this.

sudo cp /etc/php.ini.defautl /etc/php.ini

# if your php.ini file already exists then we don't need the above. We can just edit it.
# edit your file. you will need sudo. sudo nano /etc/php.ini sudo atom /etc/php.ini -- just edit it

atom /etc/php.ini

# search for memory limit, change that to 512, save your file and get back to the command line!

# probably need sudo on this command. We need to restart OSX apache

sudo apachectl restart

You sir, are a light in a sea of darkness. Thank for posting this.