style: replace short ternary operator with ?? / explicit ternary to pass WordPress-Core sniff

includes/admin/class-admin-page.php

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Admin_Page {
 				break;
 
 			case 'checkboxes':
-				$current = json_decode( (string) $value, true ) ?: array();
+				$current = json_decode( (string) $value, true ) ?? array();
 				// Hidden input ensures an empty value is POSTed when all boxes
 				// are unchecked — without this, the browser omits the field
 				// entirely, so WordPress never fires the sanitize callback and

includes/admin/class-ideas-browser.php

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Ideas_Browser {
 			return null;
 		}
 
-		$meta = json_decode( $row['metadata_json'] ?? '{}', true ) ?: array();
+		$meta = json_decode( $row['metadata_json'] ?? '{}', true ) ?? array();
 		return array(
 			'topic'           => $row['topic'],
 			'article_type'    => $row['analysis_type'],
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Ideas_Browser {
 			'summary'         => $row['summary'] ?? '',
 			'score'           => (float) $row['relevance_score'],
 			'analysis_id'     => (int) $row['id'],
-			'source_ids'      => json_decode( $row['source_ids_json'] ?? '[]', true ) ?: array(),
+			'source_ids'      => json_decode( $row['source_ids_json'] ?? '[]', true ) ?? array(),
 			'key_points'      => $meta['key_points'] ?? array(),
 			'target_keywords' => $meta['target_keywords'] ?? array(),
 		);
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Ideas_Browser {
 			: $wpdb->get_results( $wpdb->prepare( $full_sql, ...$params ), ARRAY_A );
 
 		return array(
-			'rows'  => $rows ?: array(),
+			'rows'  => $rows ?? array(),
 			'total' => $total,
 		);
 	}
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Ideas_Browser {
 		);
 
 		$counts = array();
-		foreach ( $rows ?: array() as $row ) {
+		foreach ( $rows ?? array() as $row ) {
 			$counts[ $row['analysis_type'] ] = (int) $row['cnt'];
 		}
 		return $counts;

includes/admin/fields/class-open-router-model-field.php

@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_OpenRouter_Model_Field {
 	 */
 	public static function render( string $id, string $value, array $args ): void {
 		$capability    = $args['capability'] ?? 'text→text';
-		$display_name  = $value ?: __( '— Select a model —', 'prautoblogger' );
+		$display_name  = '' !== $value ? $value : __( '— Select a model —', 'prautoblogger' );
 		$display_price = '';
-
 		if ( 'image_generation' === $capability ) {
 			// Resolve from the static image model list defined in settings.
 			$image_models = PRAutoBlogger_Settings_Fields_Extended::get_image_models();

includes/core/class-content-analyzer.php

@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Content_Analyzer {
 				gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', time() - DAY_IN_SECONDS )
 			),
 			ARRAY_A
-		) ?: array();
+		) ?? array();
 	}
 
 	/**

includes/core/class-content-generator.php

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Content_Generator {
 			absint( get_option( 'prautoblogger_min_word_count', 800 ) ),
 			absint( get_option( 'prautoblogger_max_word_count', 2000 ) ),
 			get_option( 'prautoblogger_niche_description', '' ),
-			json_decode( get_option( 'prautoblogger_topic_exclusions', '[]' ), true ) ?: array(),
+			json_decode( get_option( 'prautoblogger_topic_exclusions', '[]' ), true ) ?? array(),
 			get_option( 'prautoblogger_writing_instructions', '' )
 		);
 

includes/core/class-cost-reporter.php

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Cost_Reporter {
 		);
 
 		$daily = array();
-		foreach ( ( $results ?: array() ) as $row ) {
+		foreach ( ( $results ?? array() ) as $row ) {
 			$daily[ $row['day'] ] = (float) $row['total_cost'];
 		}
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Cost_Reporter {
 		);
 
 		$breakdown = array();
-		foreach ( ( $results ?: array() ) as $row ) {
+		foreach ( ( $results ?? array() ) as $row ) {
 			$breakdown[ $row['stage'] ] = array(
 				'cost'   => (float) $row['total_cost'],
 				'tokens' => (int) $row['total_tokens'],

includes/core/class-idea-scorer.php

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Idea_Scorer {
 	 * @return PRAutoBlogger_Article_Idea[] Top-ranked ideas, sorted by score desc.
 	 */
 	public function score_and_rank( array $analysis_results, int $target_count ): array {
-		$exclusions     = json_decode( get_option( 'prautoblogger_topic_exclusions', '[]' ), true ) ?: array();
+		$exclusions     = json_decode( get_option( 'prautoblogger_topic_exclusions', '[]' ), true ) ?? array();
 		$ideas          = array();
 		$excluded_count = 0;
 		$deduped_count  = 0;

includes/core/class-logger.php

@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Logger {
 		);
 
 		return array(
-			'rows'  => $rows ?: array(),
+			'rows'  => $rows ?? array(),
 			'total' => $total,
 		);
 	}

includes/core/class-source-collector.php

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Source_Collector {
 	private function get_config_for_source( string $source_type ): array {
 		if ( 'reddit' === $source_type ) {
 			return array(
-				'subreddits'        => json_decode( get_option( 'prautoblogger_target_subreddits', '[]' ), true ) ?: array(),
+				'subreddits'        => json_decode( get_option( 'prautoblogger_target_subreddits', '[]' ), true ) ?? array(),
 				'limit'             => 25,
 				'time_filter'       => 'day',
 				'include_comments'  => true,

includes/frontend/class-posts-widget.php

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Posts_Widget {
 				'category'   => sanitize_text_field( $atts['category'] ),
 				'title'      => sanitize_text_field( $atts['title'] ),
 				'subtitle'   => sanitize_text_field( $atts['subtitle'] ),
-				'archiveUrl' => esc_url( get_post_type_archive_link( 'post' ) ?: '' ),
+				'archiveUrl' => esc_url( get_post_type_archive_link( 'post' ) ?? '' ),
 			)
 		);
 	}
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_Posts_Widget {
 			'date'           => get_the_date( 'c', $post ),
 			'category_name'  => $category_name,
 			'category_slug'  => $category_slug,
-			'featured_image' => $featured_image ?: '',
+			'featured_image' => $featured_image ?? '',
 			'word_count'     => $word_count,
 		);
 	}

includes/providers/class-open-router-image-provider.php

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class PRAutoBlogger_OpenRouter_Image_Provider implements PRAutoBlogger_Image_Pro
 
 		$curl_filter = $this->request_builder->register_curl_auth_filter(
 			$headers,
-			wp_parse_url( $base_url, PHP_URL_HOST ) ?: ''
+			wp_parse_url( $base_url, PHP_URL_HOST ) ?? ''
 		);
 
 		$started_at = microtime( true );