Shorthand PHP code

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  sqbagency · Member · Sep 5, 2025 at 2:31 pm

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  Is shorthand PHP like the below acceptable coding standards for WordPress?

  $title = $fields[‘title’] ?? ”;

  In the WordPress PHP coding standards, it only talks about shorthand PHP tags not being acceptable.

  Any info would be appreciated.

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  staartmees · Member · Sep 5, 2025 at 2:46 pm

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  Shorthand PHP isn’t supported as very clearly stated – https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/wordpress-coding-standards/php/

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  sqbagency · Member · Sep 5, 2025 at 2:50 pm

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  Thanks for the reply, but as stated in my first post, this just talks about shorthand tags, nothing about shorthand code

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  jbossenger · Staff · Sep 8, 2025 at 5:33 pm

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  Ah, yes, the use of the ternary operator to shorthand if conditionals. Yes, that is allowed, provided they test whether the statement is true, not false. More details on the use of the ternary operator in the WPCS docs: https://developer.wordpress.org/coding-standards/wordpress-coding-standards/php/#ternary-operator