Display Shopping Cart Count

[skyxliner]

I'd like to display the amount of items in the shopping cart on the top of my webpage.

<?php if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() != 0) { ?>
                <a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>">
<?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?><?php echo ' (' . $shopcartdisplay . ' items)'; ?></a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?>&raquo;</a>
              <?php }?>

<?php if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() == 0) { ?>
                <a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>">
<?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?> (0 items)</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?>&raquo;</a>
              <?php }?>

This is what I attempted to do and it works but it doesn't seem to efficient. I am fairly new to php so I don't know efficient ways to code with correct syntax. Hopefully someone can help me reorganize this...

Basiclly, when theres no items I want it to display (0 items) and when there are items I want it to display (5 items)

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I noticed when there is no item, the printout turns out to be ( items) and it doesn't print out the 0, that is why i had to manually text it out.

[seethrou]

Take a look of the following topic.

micro Shopping Cart - Zen Cart Support

[skyxliner]

wow haha, dunno why i didn't try just removing the if else statements and just use the code directly lolz..


heres the code if anyones interested

 <a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>">
<?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?><?php echo ' (' . $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() . ' items)'; ?></a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_CHECKOUT_SHIPPING, '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CHECKOUT; ?>&raquo;</a>

thanks for the help

[besheer]

And if you want it to get the item/items part right, use this:

    <li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?><?php echo ' (' . $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents(); ?><?php if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() != 1) { echo ' items)'; } else { echo ' item)'; } ?></a></li>

[skyxliner]

wow thanks, little detail that makes it even better haha. I really need to learn basics of php, but i figure i'm learning by modifing codes... kinda how i learned html that way.

heres a slight correction from "1" to "0"

<li><a href="<?php echo zen_href_link(FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART, '', 'NONSSL'); ?>"><?php echo HEADER_TITLE_CART_CONTENTS; ?><?php echo ' (' . $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents(); ?><?php if ($_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() != 0) { echo ' items)'; } else { echo ' item)'; } ?></a></li>

wasn't shifting correct but definetly thank you =D