Calling Functions - cart total in header

[Chriz]

To all @ zen forums,

Ive just started developing with zen cart and find it a real lifesaver for customising every last detail so first off thanks guys and keep up the good work.

Now i'd like to ask how its posisble to call the function/class to show the total amount of the cart ie £45.00 in the header tpl. I've checked the shopping cart side box and all pages related and just cant work it out.

function show_total() or something?

Any help much appreciated

Cheers,
Chris

[Kim]

Might want to have a peek in the Downloads section for the Cart Summary mod. I bet it contains what you need.

[Chriz]

Thanks Kim your a star,

Can i call a function using just a single line of code or does zen cart prevent this due to security features?

Cheers,
Chris

[DrByte]

There is no built-in facility for accessing Zen Cart data from outside Zen Cart.

You can do it with various custom coding approaches, but that requires an advanced understanding of the code and lots of time on your hands.

[Chriz]

Thanks Doc,

So how does the shopping cart sidebox display the total £? Is there not a way of taking the code from that and putting it into the header?

Cheers,
Chris

[DrByte]

That's what the contribution Kim mentioned does for you.

[Chriz]

Please forgive a tired and wiery young man My code was producing a unexpected $end error after trying to implement the module so I assumed it wasnt working.

<?php } ?> fixed it.

Thanks People .

Chris

[DrByte]

No worries - glad you got it working.