How to get total price of items in your Magento cart

 show total prize with total item in cart

<?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 $this->__('Items: %s',$count);
  }
  if($count==1)
  {
    echo $this->__(' Item: %s',$count);
  }
  if($count>1)
  {
    echo $this->__(' Items: %s',$count);
  }
  echo $this->__(' Total: %s', $this->helper('core')->formatPrice($total, false));
?>

only show total prize in cart

<?php
$grandTotal = $this->helper('checkout/cart')->getQuote()->getGrandTotal();
echo $text .= $this->__(' Total: %s', $this->helper('core')->formatPrice($grandTotal, false));
?>