Ahhh I didn't realise there were seperate php.ini files for the webserver and cli, I was changing the cli version and checking the webserver DOH...
Changed it in both locations and now everything seems to be working fine, again many thanks for your help ilovejedd.
Edit: Just tried to give you some K+ but apparently I need to "spread my loving around" before giving you any more, sorry. Sounds vaguely wrong