Load product by id or sku

Question

Hi There,

How can we Load product by id or sku in Magento with the code?

Thanks in advance.

SJ

Answer 1

<?php
$_product_1 = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load(33); // won't include a valid stock item
$_product_2 = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->loadByAttribute('sku','pet-base-scale-small-10'); // will include a valid stock item
?>