• The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
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    3 hours ago

    gotacha. i’ve only ever heard them called ternaries. maybe i’m old. maybe i’m too young. definitely one of the two

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      2 hours ago

      It specifically refers to this shorthand ?: that works like this:

      $value = $thing_that_could_be_truthy ?: 'fallback value';
      
      # same as
      
      $value = $thing_that_could_be_truthy ? $thing_that_could_be_truthy : 'fallback value';
      

      The condition is also the value if it is truthy