PHP: empty doesn't work with a getter method

Question

I have a \"getter\" method like

function getStuff($stuff){
  return \'something\';
}

if I check it with empty($this->stuff)

Answer 1

PHP's magic get method is named __get(). $this->stuff will not call getStuff(). Try this:

public function __get($property) {
    if ($property == 'stuff') {
        return $this->getStuff();
    }
}