show number of products next to subcat in custom template

[sixthmind]

I have a custom template called products-categories.tpl, listing all main subcategories, which link to subcategory page with list of products. I would like to show a number of products each subcategory has in this custom template, but I am not sure how to do this.

There is a variable called $nb_products in CategoryController and the code for it is:

$nbProducts = $this->category->getProducts(NULL, NULL, NULL, $this->orderBy, $this->orderWay, true);
$this->pagination((int)$nbProducts);
                   self::$smarty->assign('nb_products', (int)$nbProducts);
                   $cat_products = $this->category->getProducts((int)(self::$cookie->id_lang), (int)($this->p), (int)($this->n), $this->orderBy, $this->orderWay);

 

Anybody knows what code would I have to put in my custom template controller so that I could display a number of products next to each subcategory?

Any help would be really appreciated.

[sixthmind]

Nobody knows the answer to this? Showing number of products next to a subcategory in custom template? Could somebody put me in the right direction at least?