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

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# wpdb::__set( string $name, mixed $value )

## In this article

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

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Makes private properties settable for backward compatibility.

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

 `$name`stringrequired

The private member to set.

`$value`mixedrequired

The value to set.

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

    ```php
    public function __set( $name, $value ) {
    	$protected_members = array(
    		'col_meta',
    		'table_charset',
    		'check_current_query',
    		'allow_unsafe_unquoted_parameters',
    	);
    	if ( in_array( $name, $protected_members, true ) ) {
    		return;
    	}
    	$this->$name = $value;
    }
    ```

[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#L799)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wpdb.php#L799-L810)

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

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

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