How to get parent product id in magento?

Question

I know that in Magento 1.4.2.0 one gets parent id\'s like so

list( $parentId ) = Mage::getModel(\'catalog/product_type_configurable\')
                                   


        

Answer 1

You may use:

$product->getTypeInstance();

Which will return the type object of your product

Then you can perform your:

->getParentIdsByChild()

Giving finally:

$product->getTypeInstance()->getParentIdsByChild($child->getId());