How to get cart items total on header file in Magento

Source : frontend\default\your_theme\template\page\html\header.phtml

Put This Code:

<?php
      $count = $this->helper('checkout/cart')->getSummaryCount();  //get total items in cart
      $total = $this->helper('checkout/cart')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal(); //get total price
      if($count==0)
      {
        echo $this->__('<a href="/checkout/cart" class="cartgo">(0 ITEMS)</a>',$count);
      }
      if($count==1)
      {
        echo $this->__('<a href="/checkout/cart" class="cartgo">(1 ITEM)</a>',$count);
      }
      if($count>1)
      {
        echo $this->__('<a href="/checkout/cart" class="cartgo">(%s ITMES)</a>',$count);
      }
      echo $this->__('', $this->helper('core')->formatPrice($total, false));
    ?>

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Sending custom emails in Magento

Step 1: Create html file in app/locale/en_us/template/email/sales/sample_order.html

-> sample_order.html file in put your html (Mail sending) content.

Step 2: Adding your template to etc/config.xml to register the email template. 

-> app/code/[codePool]/[Namespace]/[Module]/etc/config.xml

   <config>

<global>

<template>

             <email>

                 <sample_order translate="label" module="[Module Name]">

     <label>Sample Order</label>

     <file>sales/sample_order.html</file>

     <type>html</type>

                 </sample_order>

             </email>

         </template>

</global>    

   </config>

Step 3: Sending the email  !

-> app/code/[codePool]/[Namespace]/[Module]/controllers/IndexController.php

//Send Custom Email Start

 $emailTemplate = Mage::getModel('core/email_template')->loadDefault('sample_order');

 $senderName = Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/name');

 $senderEmail = Mage::getStoreConfig('trans_email/ident_general/email');

 $name = $data['name'];

 $email = $data['email'];

 $pro_name = $data['product_name'];

 $pro_img  = $data['product_img'];

 $pro_sku  = $data['product_sku'];

 $pro_color  = $data['color'];  

//Variables for Confirmation Mail.

$emailTemplateVariables = array(

    'customer_name' => $name,

    'product_name'  => $pro_name,

    'product_img'   => $pro_img,

    'product_sku'   => $pro_sku,

    'product_color' => $pro_color

    

);

$processedTemplate = $emailTemplate->getProcessedTemplate($emailTemplateVariables);

   //Sending E-Mail to Customers.

$mail = Mage::getModel('core/email')

 ->setToName($name)

 ->setToEmail($email)

 ->setBody($processedTemplate)

 ->setSubject('Sample Order')

 ->setFromEmail($senderEmail)

 ->setFromName($senderName)

 ->setType('html');

 try{

  //Confimation E-Mail Send

  $mail->send();

 }

 catch(Exception $error)

 {

  Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->addError($error->getMessage());

  return false;

 }

//Send Custom Email End

Setp 4: Your Mail Send Sucessfully.

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