as mentioned above, you can see the following line in the code:
return $teacher_name ?: "----";
as mentioned above, you can see the following line in the code:
return $teacher_name ?: "----"; 
Ternary operator:
return $teacher_name ?: '----';
equals
return $teacher_name ? $teacher_name : '----';
Shorthand for
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