# Is the search function down?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-down/586529>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 23, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-down/586529 "2011-06-23T04:27:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-down/586529/1 "2011-06-23T04:27:17Z")

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I’ve just tried a search, but I get the error:

“Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 536870912 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 9 bytes) in /home/straightdope/boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php on line 1007”

Is this me or the board?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-down/586529/2 "2011-06-23T05:04:12Z")

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Working for me.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-down/586529/3 "2011-06-23T14:59:41Z")

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It does that sometimes. Not sure why. But the next search usually works okay.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2011, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-search-function-down/586529/4 "2011-06-23T16:40:55Z")

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Please correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t that situation in days gone by lead to the expression (and maybe even the meme) “Edge of the Internet” or “End of the Internet”?

If not, what did?