Magento - How to get cart items total in header.phtml

Question

I am using Magento eCommerce and I have modified my header.phtml via the Blank template. Code, this is my code but it shows blank.

Answer 1

helper('checkout/cart')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal();
    $cartItemsCount = Mage::helper('checkout/cart')->getCart()->getItemsCount();
    $cartSuffix = ($cartItemsCount != 1) ? 's' : '';

    echo '
              '.$this->__('Your basket').'
'.
              $this->__('(%s) Item%s', $cartItemsCount, $cartSuffix).
              '[$'.$this->helper('core')->formatPrice($cartTotal, false).']
          ';
?>

Output:

Your basket
3 Items [$32.5]