diff --git a/phpstan-baseline.php b/phpstan-baseline.php
index cac41a7dbfdb..8a3e75dfb0ce 100644
--- a/phpstan-baseline.php
+++ b/phpstan-baseline.php
@@ -3031,11 +3031,6 @@
 	'count' => 1,
 	'path' => __DIR__ . '/system/Router/RouteCollection.php',
 ];
-$ignoreErrors[] = [
-	'message' => '#^Short ternary operator is not allowed\\. Use null coalesce operator if applicable or consider using long ternary\\.$#',
-	'count' => 2,
-	'path' => __DIR__ . '/system/Router/RouteCollection.php',
-];
 $ignoreErrors[] = [
 	'message' => '#^Method CodeIgniter\\\\Router\\\\RouteCollectionInterface\\:\\:add\\(\\) has parameter \\$to with no signature specified for Closure\\.$#',
 	'count' => 1,
diff --git a/system/Router/RouteCollection.php b/system/Router/RouteCollection.php
index 34629920cc1c..8a23264058cb 100644
--- a/system/Router/RouteCollection.php
+++ b/system/Router/RouteCollection.php
@@ -302,7 +302,8 @@ public function __construct(FileLocator $locator, Modules $moduleConfig, Routing
 
         // Normalize the path string in routeFiles array.
         foreach ($this->routeFiles as $routeKey => $routesFile) {
-            $this->routeFiles[$routeKey] = realpath($routesFile) ?: $routesFile;
+            $realpath                    = realpath($routesFile);
+            $this->routeFiles[$routeKey] = ($realpath === false) ? $routesFile : $realpath;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1699,7 +1700,7 @@ public function resetRoutes()
      */
     protected function loadRoutesOptions(?string $verb = null): array
     {
-        $verb = $verb ?: $this->getHTTPVerb();
+        $verb ??= $this->getHTTPVerb();
 
         $options = $this->routesOptions[$verb] ?? [];