PHP - $variable = value1 or value2

$val1 = false;
$val2 = 10;

$variable = $val1 || $val2;
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the code above makes $variable = true.

Is there any operator in PHP that would make $variable take the value of $val2, if $val1 is false? I thought || would do this, but it only returns true if any of the values are true, or false if both are false...

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The ternary operator

$variable = ($val1) ? $val1 : $val2;

or (in PHP 5.3+ )

$variable = ($val1) ?: $val2;

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The operator || does a logical or, that's why you only get true or false back.

You might want to use PHP ternary operator:

$variable = $val1? "default value" : $val2;

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You can also absue operator precedence:

$variable = $value1  or  $variable = "value2";

or is weaker than =. It gets more readable if you add extra spaces. But it's more or less a workaround for the lack of ?: in PHP<5.3.