OOP: how do you call __get()

[johnnyICON]

im not quite understanding the documentation on the get()

class WEE
{
    private $id;
    public function __get($name)
    { return (isset($this->$name) ? $this->$name : NULL); }
}

$woo = new WEE;

the documentation makes it look like i should be able to access the variable $id simply by doing $woo->id is that correct? when i try that i get

Fatal Error: Cannot access private property WEE::$id

however, if i do $woo->__get("id") it works fine.

which is the proper way to call __get()?

[Drakla]

The fact you've declared id as private means it can't be accessed by any means outside the object, it's doing exactly what it's told to. Only public properties can be access that way.

[johnnyICON]

so then, if declared as private, the only way to access it using the __get method is to do it the latter way in my previous post?