Magento get child products for a configurable product

Magento get products childs for a configurable product


// $currentProduct = $this->getProduct();
$configurable_products = Mage::getModel('catalog/product_type_configurable')->setProduct($currentProduct);
$products_collection = $configurable_products->getUsedProductCollection()->addAttributeToSelect('*')->addFilterByRequiredOptions();
foreach($products_collection as $_product){
echo $_product->getId() . ": " . $_product->getName();
}