Show cart contents / total at WooCommerce header in Wordpress?

Add the following bit of code to your header file exactly where you want to display the cart total items value.

<?php global $woocommerce; ?>
<a class="cart-contents" href="<?php echo $woocommerce->cart->get_cart_url(); ?>" title="<?php _e('View your shopping cart', 'woothemes'); ?>"><?php echo sprintf(_n('%d item', '%d items', $woocommerce->cart->cart_contents_count, 'woothemes'), $woocommerce->cart->cart_contents_count);?> - <?php echo $woocommerce->cart->get_cart_total(); ?>
</a>

<!---Ensure cart contents update when products are added to the cart via AJAX (place the following in functions.php)---->

<?php
add_filter('add_to_cart_fragments', 'woocommerce_header_add_to_cart_fragment');
function woocommerce_header_add_to_cart_fragment( $fragments ) {
global $woocommerce;
ob_start();
?>

<a class="cart-contents" href="<?php echo $woocommerce->cart->get_cart_url(); ?>" title="<?php _e('View your shopping cart', 'woothemes'); ?>"><?php echo sprintf(_n('%d item', '%d items', $woocommerce->cart->cart_contents_count, 'woothemes'), $woocommerce->cart->cart_contents_count);?> - <?php echo $woocommerce->cart->get_cart_total(); ?>
</a>

<?php
$fragments['a.cart-contents'] = ob_get_clean();
return $fragments;
}
?>

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Naresh.