note 119773 added to language.operators.logical

hey i saw something weird in a php framework like this : $id || $data['created'] = $now; is this mean if $id is NULL then $data['created'] ll receive $now variable, why there is not if and its just a regular statement , so if this what am thinking of so if is useless and the language so freaky illogic , any one can gave a name to this think? i search in google about "logic operation in normal statement php " nothing founds, i tried out a lot of keywords cant find something about it, if some1 can at least how it call this sh...t , pls help me thx in advance ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 197.200.4.120 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.logical.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/119773 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119773/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119773/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119773/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119773/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119773/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119773/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119773 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/119773 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php