Changeset 63509 for trunk/src/wp-includes/abilities-api/class-wp-ability.php

Timestamp:

09/06/2026 06:38:39 PM (14 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-includes/abilities-api/class-wp-ability.php (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/wp-includes/abilities-api/class-wp-ability.php

@@ -370 +370 @@
                  * default, then the built-in default applies.
                  */
-                $args['meta']['show_in_rest'] = $args['meta']['show_in_rest'] ?? $args['meta']['public'] ?? self::DEFAULT_SHOW_IN_REST;
-                $args['meta']['public']       = $args['meta']['public'] ?? self::DEFAULT_PUBLIC;
+                $args['meta']['show_in_rest'] ??= $args['meta']['public'] ?? self::DEFAULT_SHOW_IN_REST;
+                $args['meta']['public']       ??= self::DEFAULT_PUBLIC;
 
                 return $args;