• The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 month ago

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

    • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
      8·
      1 month 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