php memory setting problem in a shared server environment

I lease space on shared servers and I am increasingly finding that I am running into apps that require at least 64M (my server "memory limit" is set to only 8M).

I have been able to get around this by inserting ini_set("memory_limit","64M"); into different config files for each app.

My question is: Is there a standard file that I can install with changes like these into any app, or will I have to contact each script developer to ask which file I need to insert the config information into.

I know the file I should be editing is php.ini, but I do not have access to that file on a server level.  Can I create a php.ini file that I can place into the script folder that will override the server copy?Start Free Trial