Title: wpdb::__get
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# wpdb::__get( string $name ): mixed

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Makes private properties readable for backward compatibility.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$name`stringrequired

The private member to get, and optionally process.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 mixed The private member.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function __get( $name ) {
    	if ( 'col_info' === $name ) {
    		$this->load_col_info();
    	}

    	return $this->$name;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php#L783)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php#L783-L789)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wpdb::load_col_info()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/load_col_info/)`wp-includes/class-wpdb.php` |

Loads the column metadata from the last query.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wpdb/__get/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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