Docker: how to increase php memory "the docker way"

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I got this error today while trying to upgrade some php application:

Fatal error encountered: /var/www/html/libs/Zend/Db/Statement/Pdo.php(292): Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 20480 bytes)

UPS :) Quick! Go check your memory limits... pull your hair out, run around the house senseless! WE ARE DOOMED!
Well, the fix is easy. Read on (or watch the video).

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1. Confirm the current php memory limit:

# php -r "echo ini_get('memory_limit').PHP_EOL;"

2. Create a new configuration file or add in an existing one, in /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/:

# echo 'memory_limit = -1' >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ram-limit.ini

3. Check if memory limit was changed:

# php -r "echo ini_get('memory_limit').PHP_EOL;"

THIS MODIFICATION IS INSTANT - no need to restart anything. Cute, right? :)
However, do read what follows.

To avoid running this every time you recreate/restart the container (on restart this is erased too), you can create a custom image by adding what follows to the dockerfile:

RUN cd /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/ && \
  echo 'memory_limit = -1' >> /usr/local/etc/php/conf.d/docker-php-ram-limit.ini

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