This article was written for Magento 1.x and is kept for reference. Running Magento 1 in 2026 is a security risk — ask me about migrating to Magento 2 / Adobe Commerce.
Show cart quantity and grand total anywhere using the checkout/cart helper's getSummaryCount() and getQuote()->getGrandTotal().
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