Magento cart / session data outside magento

Question

This might get a little confusing as I have tried everything to make this work. All I want is a link in my brand site (domain.com) which shows the qty in my magento 1.5.1 cart (

Answer 1

If all you want is the qty why instantiate magento at all. Just set a client side cookie (ie cart_qty) and then read this cookie on your main site header.