Question

Basically if a variable isn’t set then set it to another value.

There must be a better way, this looks so messy.

        if ($image_src === undefined) {
                $image_src = $apple_icon;
            }

            if ($image_src === undefined) {
                $image_src = $apple_icon2;
            }

            if ($image_src === undefined) {
                $image_src = $item_prop_image;
            }

            if ($image_src === undefined) {
                $image_src = $image_first;
            }

Answer 1

In JavaScript you can use the or || operator to condense things that are undefined. So this is valid:

$image_src = $image_src || $apple_icon || $apple_icon1;