php memory problem

hello
i was running a php script that grabs data from a site and saves data in a txt file.
after running the script for few hours it crashed giving the error
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<b>Fatal error</b>: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted at (null):0 (tried to allocate 35 bytes) in <b>/home/admin/www/script.php</b> on line <b>3</b

i have changed the memory_limit from 8M to 16M in /etc/php.ini
the script works fine now.

i was wondering if this is a correct way of handing this problem?

i have been advised not to play around with the php memory settings.

anyone ?

thanks
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