Display number of items in cart

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-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.3
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6
-- PHP version -- : 5.4
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I'm trying to create a menu item that displays the number of items in the cart and when clicked reveals a full hikashop cart via javascript. How can you display the number of items in the cart? I've check out this www.hikashop.com/forum/4-how-to/12498-mi...l?limitstart=0#13328 and it doesnt seem to work anymore.

I cannot use a minicart because I want to use a full cart on the same page and that creates errors with AJAX add to cart.

Regards,
Nathan

Hi,

The solution of that post is still valid with the current version of HikaShop.
Do you get an error when using it ?

The error is as follows, perhaps I have not inserted it in the proper file.

Fatal error: Class 'hikashop' not found in /var/www/vhosts/sitename.com/httpdocs/templates/template_name/index.php on line 26

You probably didn't initialize the HikaShop helper before your code: Without it loaded in memory, no HikaShop function can be used.

Thanks, that seems to work but because I'm using ajax add to cart the value doesn't update until you refresh the page. I guess the best way to fix this is to create a plugin that refreshes the php file when something is added to the cart.

Hi,

You can override the JS of the AJAX add to cart to add the refresh of that number.
You'll need to implement the hikashop_cart_js_render function in a hikashop_button.php file in the folder templates/MY_TEMPLATE/html basing yourself on the code in administrator/components/com_hikashop/helpers/cart.php