Changeset 63509 for trunk/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php

Timestamp:

09/06/2026 06:38:39 PM (9 hours ago)

Author:

SergeyBiryukov

Message:

Code Modernization: Use the null coalescing assignment operator for default value assignments.

Replaces verbose "assign a default only if not already set" patterns with the null coalescing assignment operator (??=):

// Before
$args['title'] = $args['title'] ?? '';

// After
$args['title'] ??= '';

Both forms are functionally identical; ??= is shorter and clearer.

Why this is safe

• ??= requires PHP 7.4, which is already the minimum.
• The operator is already used elsewhere in core (e.g. wp-includes/l10n.php, wp-includes/view-config.php), so this only makes existing usage consistent.
• No behavior change.

Follow-up to r63443, r63501.

Props Soean, mukesh27.
See #65823.

File:

• trunk/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php

@@ -68 +68 @@
  * @var int
  */
-$post_ID = isset( $post_ID ) ? (int) $post_ID : 0;
-$user_ID = isset( $user_ID ) ? (int) $user_ID : 0;
-$action  = $action ?? '';
+$post_ID  = isset( $post_ID ) ? (int) $post_ID : 0;
+$user_ID  = isset( $user_ID ) ? (int) $user_ID : 0;
+$action ??= '';
 
 if ( (int) get_option( 'page_for_posts' ) === $post->ID && empty( $post->post_content ) ) {