PHP books, any recommendations?

I have too little knowledge to build my own template engine

[rubenski]

Hi everyone,

I need a good new solution for my website. The amount of visitors is steadily growing and the current navigation is not suitable for the amount of content anymore.

Since I have some experience with PHP and databases I want to build my own template engine. The core of such an application is a system that merges a template file with database content and outputs it (as another file?) to the browser.

Do you know a good PHP book that will teach me how to build this? I have read articles at phpfreaks.com and sitepoint.com and I have I tried to understand the working of PHPBB, but I just don't get it! Thanks for any recommendations.

[jatar_k]

Take a spin through the PHP Library [webmasterworld.com]

this thread has some good recommendations
Learning PHP - Books, Tutorials and Online Resources [webmasterworld.com]

this might help as well
A dynamic site in 2 minutes [webmasterworld.com]

[kilonox]

Sams php cookbook (0672323257), the sitepoint.com php/mysql books are good.

[rubenski]

I just had al look at sitepoint.com. They offer good books indeed. It is hard to find out whether the specific topic of building a template engine is discussed, but I think with the proper background knowledge of PHP it will be easier to understand the examples I find online. Jatar, thanks for the link. I'll read through the topic.