For anyone still following - it finally works! WAMP is much nicer to use. I had to change some of the config files to listen on the correct port before it would let me install the PDO driver but now im connected to my DB and good to go.
Hopefully ill get some time to actually play with wappler before my trial is over!
Thanks everyone for your help.
Hey @DrNinjamonkey glad you got this all sorted. Sorry its late but it may help someone else heres a quick tutorial on how to setup WAMPServer and get it connected to Wappler: How to Setup a local WAMP Environment and connect Wappler (Beginners Get Started Guide to Local Wappler Development)
Thanks - hopefully it will help the next person. Iām really enjoying learning wappler but for someone new the hurdles that come up as you try to set yourself up are seriously intimidating!