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

When linking to a cart, you should really use Mage::helper('checkout/cart')->getCartUrl(). The example given would not work if your site is hosted in a sub-domain.