$customer = Mage::getModel('customer/customer')->load(1); $typeId = $customer->getTypeId(); echo "Customer type: $typeId";
$product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load(1); $typeId = $product->getTypeId(); echo "Product type: $typeId";In this example, we load a product model using the Mage::getModel() method and then call the getTypeId() method to get the product's type identifier. We then print the result to the screen. Both examples utilize the Varien_Object method getTypeId(). This method is part of the Magento library package, which is commonly referred to as the "Magento Framework".