[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/sqlite-wasm](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/sqlite-wasm) › [c-api](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/sqlite-wasm/c-api) › sqlite3\_malloc

```ts
function sqlite3_malloc(
  deps: SqliteWasmDep,
): (byteLength: number) => 0 | SqliteOwnedPtr;
```

Defined in: [packages/sqlite-wasm/src/CApi.ts:1049](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/bc4578a260dd15d5bbf94b83765ca05984d194cb/packages/sqlite-wasm/src/CApi.ts#L1049)

Allocates at least byteLength bytes, returning NULL when out of memory or
when byteLength is zero or negative.

Wasm type `i(i)`. Signature `["sqlite3_malloc", "*", "int"]` from SQLite's
table.

See https://sqlite.org/c3ref/free.html.