What is ?: in PHP 5.3? [duplicate]

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?: is a form of the conditional operator which was previously available only as:

expr ? val_if_true : val_if_false

In 5.3 it’s possible to leave out the middle part, e.g. expr ?: val_if_false which is equivalent to:

expr ? expr : val_if_false

From the manual:

Since PHP 5.3, it is possible to leave out the middle part of the conditional operator. Expression expr1 ?: expr3 returns expr1 if expr1 evaluates to TRUE, and expr3 otherwise.

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