Get All simple product from a Configurable Product in Magento Product View

Question

How can I get all the simple products associated with a configurable product? I found how to do the opposite (get a product configurable from a simple product) but that\'s not w

Answer 1

A configurable product can have multiple other products associated to it.

Here is the code to fetch all the children products that are associated with a configurable product.

Here goes the code :)

/**
 * Load product by product id
 */
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load(YOUR_PRODUCT_ID);

/**
 * Get child products id and such (only ids)
 */
$childIds = Mage::getModel('catalog/product_type_configurable')->getChildrenIds($product->getId());

/**
 * Get children products (all associated children products data)
 */
$childProducts = Mage::getModel('catalog/product_type_configurable')->getUsedProducts(null,$product);

Source: http://blog.chapagain.com.np/magento-how-to-get-all-associated-children-product-of-a-configurable-product/