I'm using this line below, which works fine. My question is more for sport and curiosity than for practicality.
$x = $y ?? $x;
(How) could I get this even shorter in PHP? Having the $x in this line twice seems redundant.
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DarkBee
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1@DarkBee nope, this neither works nor answers the question. It's the null coalescing assignment operator which the OP is asking for – Your Common Sense Jul 18 '22 at 11:43
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@DarkBee Although useful, the Elvis operator would not solve this. – Lucas Johnston Jul 18 '22 at 11:45
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The question that was linked does not mention the null coalescing assignment operator `??=`, only `??`. `$x ??= $y` – bdbdbd Jul 18 '22 at 11:49
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It does in the answers though – DarkBee Jul 18 '22 at 11:51