Problems in compiling a PHP-Extension under Cygwin

[rinaldo]

I’m a beginner in developing PHP-Extensions, working on Windows 2000 Prof. under Cygwin - Environment. Developing my first extension I followed the steps in Rasmus Lerdorfs book “Programming in PHP”. The first error happened when I tried to compile the PHP - CGI-Version from the command-line. I got the message that there was “no acceptable cc in $PATH” (See the attached gif). What the hell is a “cc”??? The next error occurred, when I tried to create a source-directory for my standalone-extension. I wasn’t able to run the “phpize”-command. What did I do wrong? Please give me some help!

[PHPThorsten]

why don't you just use the windows version of php?

[rinaldo]

Because we want to develop PHP-extensions not yet existing for our individual purposes (a PHP - Oracle-Database connection). The already existing Oracle oci 8 - Extensions are not sufficient for our purposes. I would be very grateful if you had an answer!

[PHPThorsten]

looks like you're missing a C compiler in your enviroment.

have a look at this:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/