Thumbnail creation problem, size limit

[simonslee]

I'm uploading a large batch of photos into one category and it keeps crashing at the 91st photo with the following error:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 52428800 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 17472 bytes) in /home/idunder1/public_html/administrator/components/com_phocagallery/libraries/phocagallery/image/imagemagic.php on line 214

If I turn off thumbnail creation I can see that all my photos have been allocated but I cant find a way to recreate thumbnails for the photos that failed.

As soon as I have thumbnail creation back on, if I try to go to images and view any image after 91, it crashes with this same error message.

Is this some server setting, or is there another way to handle crashing of thumbnails?

When it crashes if I hit back in the browser it doesnt go back to a page I can save again from (like it suggests on your site) it goes right back to the images page.

I am really stuck?

[Jan]

Hi, if your server (GD library) has problem with creating the thumbnail from some image you need to remove it, or change it before trying to create thumbnail again.

Jan

[xt4london]

I'm afraid I've had exactly the same error:
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 67108864 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 14172 bytes) in /home/t****com/public_html/administrator/components/com_phocagallery/libraries/phocagallery/image/imagemagic.php on line 214

I have tried Jan's suggestion above, only for the problem to still be there. Weirdly this is a recent phenomenon. Any other useful suggestions would be most welcome.

[xt4london]

OK, I have discovered a solution for this problem and it involves creating a php.ini file in the administrator directory of your joomla site (name the file php.ini and put it in your administrator folder of your joomla installation)
then paste the following into the file:
memory_limit = 80M
That should be more than enough memory (I tried it at 32M at first but that was not enough so increased it until it worked).

Save the .ini file and remember to set the parameters in phoca gallery to allow the creation of thumbnails and you should be away.

It worked for me, let's hope it works for others. I'd be grateful for feedback from others, just in case I've done something like compromise my site's security in any way.

[Jan]

Ok