Magento-Display Shopping Cart in Header

Magento-Display Shopping Cart in Header

Go to app\design\frontend\base\default\template\page\html\header.phtml
Add the following code inside the header-container div to display total number of  items and price in header .

<?php

  $count = $this->helper('checkout/cart')->getSummaryCount();  //get total items in cart

  $total = $this->helper('checkout/cart')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal(); //get total price

  if($count==0)

  {

    echo $this->__('Items: %s',$count);

  }

  if($count==1)

  {

    echo $this->__(' Item: %s',$count);

  }

  if($count>1)

  {

    echo $this->__(' Items: %s',$count);

  }

  echo $this->__(' Total: %s', $this->helper('core')->formatPrice($total, false));

?>