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

You can find your cart template here:

YOURSITE/app/design/frontend/YOURTHEME/default/template/checkout/cart/minicart.phtml

Within a span with the class of .count you'll see this snippet:

Replace it with this snippet and you'll get the grand total displayed instead:

helper('checkout')->formatPrice(Mage::getSingleton('checkout/cart')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal()); ?>