What is the difference between _get and get entries?

Question

Yii

how is record data different in yii2 model

public function __get($name) {
        if ($name === 'settings')
            return $this->getAttribute('settings');
        return parent::__get($name);
}

and

public function getSettings()
    {
        return $this->settings;
    }

Answer 1

__get is a PHP level magic method , getSettings() is just a more convenient framework level implementation based on the __get magic method