function getBasketCount() {
	//use javascript to read cookie
	var name='PRODUCT_DETAILS';
	var cookies = document.cookie;
	var TotalNumberItems = 0 ;
	//document.write(cookies);
	if (cookies.indexOf(name) != -1)
	{
		var startpos = cookies.indexOf(name)+name.length+1;
		var endpos = cookies.indexOf(";",startpos)-1;
		if (endpos == -2) endpos = cookies.length;
		var decodedCookie = unescape(cookies.substring(startpos,endpos));
		
		var ItemQtyArray = decodedCookie.split("^");
		var ItemQtyArraySize = ItemQtyArray.length - 1 ;
		var idx = 0 ;
		
		while ( idx < ItemQtyArraySize ) 
		{ 
			// This number is used later for calculating discount
			TotalNumberItems += parseInt(ItemQtyArray[idx+1]) ;
			idx += 2 ;
		}
		
		return TotalNumberItems;
	}
	else 
	{
		return 0 ;
	}
}

function writeBasket() {
	var theNum = getBasketCount();
	if (theNum != 0)
	{
		document.write("<img src=\"/images/spacer_clear.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"18\"><a href=\"/db/order/basket.php\" class=\"plainroll\"><img src=\"/images/cart.gif\" width=\"25\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"View your basket\">");
		document.write(theNum);
		if ( theNum == 1 ) 
			document.write(" Item</a>"); 
		else 
			document.write(" Items</a>"); 
	}
}