diff --git a/core/Constants.php b/core/Constants.php
index 71dcf9d1e..4965542d4 100644
--- a/core/Constants.php
+++ b/core/Constants.php
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ foreach ($dirsToCheck as $dir) {
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // GLOBALS AND DEFINE SETTING
 
+function stripslashes_recursively(&$array) {
+	foreach($array as $k => $v) {
+		if(is_array($v)) stripslashes_recursively($array[$k]);
+		else $array[$k] = stripslashes($v);
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * A blank HTTP_HOST value is used to detect command-line execution.
  * We update the $_SERVER variable to contain data consistent with the rest of the application.
diff --git a/core/Core.php b/core/Core.php
index bc3f583f3..39a726b45 100644
--- a/core/Core.php
+++ b/core/Core.php
@@ -160,13 +160,6 @@ function project() {
 	return $project;
 }
 
-function stripslashes_recursively(&$array) {
-	foreach($array as $k => $v) {
-		if(is_array($v)) stripslashes_recursively($array[$k]);
-		else $array[$k] = stripslashes($v);
-	}
-}
-
 /**
  * @see i18n::_t()
  */
diff --git a/core/startup/ErrorControlChain.php b/core/startup/ErrorControlChain.php
index dc32257e7..4ac510cbb 100644
--- a/core/startup/ErrorControlChain.php
+++ b/core/startup/ErrorControlChain.php
@@ -74,9 +74,33 @@ class ErrorControlChain {
 		return $error && ($error['type'] & self::$fatal_errors) != 0;
 	}
 
+	protected function lastErrorWasMemoryExhaustion() {
+		$error = error_get_last();
+		$message = $error ? $error['message'] : '';
+		return stripos($message, 'memory') !== false && stripos($message, 'exhausted') !== false;
+	}
+
+	static $transtable = array(
+		'k' => 1024,
+		'm' => 1048576,
+		'g' => 1073741824
+	);
+
+	protected function translateMemstring($memString) {
+		$char = strtolower(substr($memString, -1));
+		$fact = isset(self::$transtable[$char]) ? self::$transtable[$char] : 1;
+		return ((int)$memString) * $fact;
+	}
+
 	public function handleFatalError() {
 		if ($this->handleFatalErrors && $this->suppression) {
 			if ($this->lastErrorWasFatal()) {
+				if ($this->lastErrorWasMemoryExhaustion()) {
+					// Bump up memory limit by an arbitrary 10% / 10MB (whichever is bigger) since we've run out
+					$cur = $this->translateMemstring(ini_get('memory_limit'));
+					if ($cur != -1) ini_set('memory_limit', $cur + max(round($cur*0.1), 10000000));
+				}
+
 				$this->error = true;
 				$this->step();
 			}
diff --git a/core/startup/ParameterConfirmationToken.php b/core/startup/ParameterConfirmationToken.php
index 21364f871..288488b6b 100644
--- a/core/startup/ParameterConfirmationToken.php
+++ b/core/startup/ParameterConfirmationToken.php
@@ -91,10 +91,17 @@ class ParameterConfirmationToken {
 		unset($params['url']);
 
 		// Join them all together into the original URL
-		$location = "$proto://" . $host . BASE_URL . $url . ($params ? '?'.http_build_query($params) : '');
+		$location = "$proto://" . $host . '/' . ltrim(BASE_URL, '/') . $url . ($params ? '?'.http_build_query($params) : '');
 
 		// And redirect
-		header('location: '.$location, true, 302);
+		if (headers_sent()) {
+			echo "
+<script>location.href='$location';</script>
+<noscript><meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0; url=$location'></noscript>
+You are being redirected. If you are not redirected soon, <a href='$location'>click here to continue the flush</a>
+";
+		}
+		else header('location: '.$location, true, 302);
 		die;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/dev/install/install.php5 b/dev/install/install.php5
index 56034025f..cef116f69 100644
--- a/dev/install/install.php5
+++ b/dev/install/install.php5
@@ -1289,8 +1289,12 @@ PHP
 				$this->statusMessage("Checking that friendly URLs work...");
 				$this->checkRewrite();
 			} else {
+				require_once 'core/startup/ParameterConfirmationToken.php';
+				$token = new ParameterConfirmationToken('flush');
+				$params = http_build_query($token->params());
+
 				$destinationURL = 'index.php/' .
-					($this->checkModuleExists('cms') ? 'home/successfullyinstalled?flush=1' : '?flush=1');
+					($this->checkModuleExists('cms') ? "home/successfullyinstalled?$params" : "?$params");
 
 				echo <<<HTML
 				<li>SilverStripe successfully installed; I am now redirecting you to your SilverStripe site...</li>
@@ -1428,8 +1432,12 @@ TEXT;
 	}
 
 	function checkRewrite() {
+		require_once 'core/startup/ParameterConfirmationToken.php';
+		$token = new ParameterConfirmationToken('flush');
+		$params = http_build_query($token->params());
+
 		$destinationURL = str_replace('install.php', '', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) .
-			($this->checkModuleExists('cms') ? 'home/successfullyinstalled?flush=1' : '?flush=1');
+			($this->checkModuleExists('cms') ? "home/successfullyinstalled?$params" : "?$params");
 
 		echo <<<HTML
 <li id="ModRewriteResult">Testing...</li>
diff --git a/tests/core/startup/ErrorControlChainTest.php b/tests/core/startup/ErrorControlChainTest.php
index 8b5a1d622..b715bbe3b 100644
--- a/tests/core/startup/ErrorControlChainTest.php
+++ b/tests/core/startup/ErrorControlChainTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@
  */
 class ErrorControlChainTest_Chain extends ErrorControlChain {
 
+	// Change function visibility to be testable directly
+	public function translateMemstring($memstring) {
+		return parent::translateMemstring($memstring);
+	}
+
 	function executeInSubprocess() {
 		// Get the path to the ErrorControlChain class
 		$classpath = SS_ClassLoader::instance()->getItemPath('ErrorControlChain');
@@ -114,6 +119,23 @@ class ErrorControlChainTest extends SapphireTest {
 			->executeInSubprocess();
 
 		$this->assertEquals('Done', $out);
+
+		// Memory exhaustion
+
+		$chain = new ErrorControlChainTest_Chain();
+
+		list($out, $code) = $chain
+			->then(function(){
+				ini_set('memory_limit', '10M');
+				$a = array();
+				while(1) $a[] = 1;
+			})
+			->thenIfErrored(function(){
+				echo "Done";
+			})
+			->executeInSubprocess();
+
+		$this->assertEquals('Done', $out);
 	}
 
 	function testExceptionSuppression() {
@@ -238,4 +260,23 @@ class ErrorControlChainTest extends SapphireTest {
 
 		$this->assertContains("Good", $out);
 	}
+
+	function testMemoryConversion() {
+		$chain = new ErrorControlChainTest_Chain();
+
+		$this->assertEquals(200, $chain->translateMemstring('200'));
+		$this->assertEquals(300, $chain->translateMemstring('300'));
+
+		$this->assertEquals(2 * 1024, $chain->translateMemstring('2k'));
+		$this->assertEquals(3 * 1024, $chain->translateMemstring('3K'));
+
+		$this->assertEquals(2 * 1024 * 1024, $chain->translateMemstring('2m'));
+		$this->assertEquals(3 * 1024 * 1024, $chain->translateMemstring('3M'));
+
+		$this->assertEquals(2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, $chain->translateMemstring('2g'));
+		$this->assertEquals(3 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, $chain->translateMemstring('3G'));
+
+		$this->assertEquals(200, $chain->translateMemstring('200foo'));
+		$this->assertEquals(300, $chain->translateMemstring('300foo'));
+	}
 }
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