Include Total Number of Items Purchased in Packing Slip

I would like to include the total number of items purchased as part of the packing slip. This information is included in the shopping cart:

$totalsDisplay = TEXT_TOTAL_ITEMS . $_SESSION['cart']->count_contents() . $item_separator . TEXT_TOTAL_WEIGHT . $_SESSION['cart']->show_weight() . TEXT_PRODUCT_WEIGHT_UNIT . $item_separator . TEXT_TOTAL_AMOUNT . $currencies->format($_SESSION['cart']->show_total()); 

However that information is dropped for the invoice and packing slip. Can anyone tell me how to get (just the quantity part) to appear in the packing slip?

Thanks

If you just want the number of line-items (regardless of quantity selected on each line), simply echo out the value of:```
sizeof($order->products)

Yes..many thanks....that works for those situations where a customer has ordered one of each item and is a big help for most circumstances....Is there also a way to have it reflect the total number of items purchased where the customer may have ordered more than one of certain items?

Also just to be clear for others who are looking at this thread, here is what I did:

In admin/includes/languages/english/packingslip.php I added a line:

define('ITEMS_PURCHASED', 'Number of Items Ordered:');

In admin/packingslip.php I added the following after similar language showing the payment method so that the number of items would show just below that information in the packing slip:

<tr>
        <td class="main"><strong><?php echo ITEMS_PURCHASED; ?></strong></td>
        <td class="main"><?php echo sizeof($order->products); ?></td>
      </tr>

By the way...is there a way to edit the title of this thread so that I can correct the typo where it reads: "Inclued" instead of "Include"?

You could try using this PHP code to prepare a different variable to display:```
$qtyDisplay = 0;
for ($i = 0, $n = sizeof($order->products); $i < $n; $i++) {
$qtyDisplay += ($order->products[$i]['qty']);
}
echo $qtyDisplay;

Yes...that did the trick...Thanks again...and also thanks for correcting my typo in the Title.

I've been trying to use this code on the checkout_success page, but had no luck so far.

Would someone be able to point me in the right direction as to where the code needs to be placed please?

Many thanks,

Alex

This thread is discussing alterations to the Packing Slip.

What exactly are you wanting to do to the checkout-success page and why?

I needed to get the total number of items purchased to display on the checkout_success page. This is required for some JavaScript conversion code that I'm using.

A simple SQL query helped and I've included my code below to assist others.

$ac_total_items = $db->Execute('SELECT SUM(products_quantity) FROM ' . TABLE_ORDERS_PRODUCTS . ' WHERE orders_id = ' . $zv_orders_id);
$ac_total_items = $ac_total_items->fields['SUM(products_quantity)'];

The $ac_total_items variable can now be used to display the total number of products ordered (it also takes into account multiple quantities).

Can you include exactly where the coding in posting #9 and #5 should be included for those uf us who are newbies?

what fiels and where within these files?

Has someone made this work? If so - where have you placed the code as listed in post #9?

Thanks!