• The Cuuuuube@beehaw.orgEnglish
      3·
      8 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

      • QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
        6·
        8 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