From ea4198a1dcb8dcaf5037f7f1f9cb5d9dc2e1a58e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: miladev95 <35612406+miladev95@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 00:11:15 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] authenticate method refactored to use null coalescing
 operator (#48917)

---
 src/Illuminate/Auth/GuardHelpers.php | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Auth/GuardHelpers.php b/src/Illuminate/Auth/GuardHelpers.php
index 21094bf8a82b..9cdf69776c2e 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Auth/GuardHelpers.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Auth/GuardHelpers.php
@@ -33,11 +33,7 @@ trait GuardHelpers
      */
     public function authenticate()
     {
-        if (! is_null($user = $this->user())) {
-            return $user;
-        }
-
-        throw new AuthenticationException;
+        return $this->user() ?? throw new AuthenticationException;
     }
 
     /**