Great. That's got me going again, thanks.
So for the sake of others coming across what I came across earlier, am I correct in thinking the instructions at http://flarum.org/docs/installation/ should read 'composer.phar instead of just 'composer[without .phar] create-project flarum/flarum . --stability=beta' ?
Also at that page under the heading 'There are a few things that you will need to have set up in order to run Flarum:' maybe we should also list git ? I know, I know.... Whilst it may not be required to 'run' Flarum, it's certainly required as part of the setup process.
Thanks again for getting back to me luceos.
Steve