Fatal error: Memory size exhausted

After having started a manual sitemap generation I get following error:

Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 41943040 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 39578806 bytes) in /mypath/forum/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_sitemap_functions.php on line 1298

This happend during creation of sitemap in text format. Exactly after:

[create sitemap file] filename: sitemap_35.xml.gz, number of urls: 8541 [6,207.7Kb mem used] [274s (+0s)]
[create sitemap in text format] part #36 [6,207.7Kb mem used] [274s (+0s)]
[create sitemap index] filename: sitemap_index.xml.gz, number of sitemaps: 35 [6,212.9Kb mem used] [274s (+0s)]

Sitemap file #35 is the last one of my files.

Try increasing the PHP memory_limit setting on your server.

Keith,

do I really need more than 40megs to create a sitemap? My standard setting for the memory_limit is 40m.

64 is the recommended min. setting.

I personally run 128 on my 2gb of ram server and have no problems with memory spikes.

Keep in mind, this figure is a TOTAL amount available to php as a whole, not just the sitemap. While your sitemap is being created, your site continues to serve php files which also eats memory.

You can also try this: High memory usage