magento getting product type from product sku

Question

How can i get the product type(simplee,configurable/grouped ...) using product sku or id, i have loaded product collection and from that trying to prict type by

$_product->getTypeId()

But its not printing the product type. Please help me

Thanks

Answer 1

I think $_product->getTypeId() should work. If it doesn't then try $_product->getResource()->getTypeId()

Answer 2

I got product type following way in phtml file

$product=Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load($product_id);
$productType=$product->getTypeID();
//Simple Product    
if($productType == 'simple')
{   
  echo "Simple Product";
}                           
//Configurable Product
if($productType == 'configurable')
{   
  echo "Configurable Product";
}