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[โ€“] Cube6392@beehaw.org 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 6 points 21 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