Empty array()

woocommerce empty arrays

Why is this returning an empty array()?

$order-items->name = empty array()
$order->items =

[items] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [id] => 88
                            [variation_id] => 95
                            [name] => Custom Login Pro
                            [qty] => 1
                            [cost] => 10
                            [base_cost] => 10
                            [taxrate] => 0
                            [item_meta] => Array
                                (
                                )

                        )

                )

Also tried $oder->items[0]->name with no luck..

Thank you Michael Fields! $order->items[0]['name']