ENGCOM-7680: Update code to reduce redundancy and simplify readability #28608

 - Merge Pull Request #28608 from df2k2/magento2:patch-1
 - Merged commits:
   1. 01309d8
   2. 45a668a
   3. 0a1b76a
   4. 910da38
   5. 9009851
   6. 9b954c0
   7. eaba8c2
   8. 7e7b645

Author: magento-engcom-team

lib/internal/Magento/Framework/App/Request/Http.php

@@ -200,12 +200,7 @@ public function isDirectAccessFrontendName($code)
     public function getBasePath()
     {
         $path = parent::getBasePath();
-        if (empty($path)) {
-            $path = '/';
-        } else {
-            $path = str_replace('\\', '/', $path);
-        }
-        return $path;
+        return empty($path) ? '/' : str_replace('\\', '/', $path);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -298,10 +293,9 @@ public function getBeforeForwardInfo($name = null)
     {
         if ($name === null) {
             return $this->beforeForwardInfo;
-        } elseif (isset($this->beforeForwardInfo[$name])) {
-            return $this->beforeForwardInfo[$name];
         }
-        return null;
+
+        return $this->beforeForwardInfo[$name] ?? null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -311,13 +305,9 @@ public function getBeforeForwardInfo($name = null)
      */
     public function isAjax()
     {
-        if ($this->isXmlHttpRequest()) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        if ($this->getParam('ajax') || $this->getParam('isAjax')) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
+        return $this->isXmlHttpRequest()
+            || $this->getParam('ajax')
+            || $this->getParam('isAjax');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -365,7 +355,7 @@ public static function getDistroBaseUrlPath($server)
         $result = '';
         if (isset($server['SCRIPT_NAME'])) {
             $envPath = str_replace('\\', '/', dirname(str_replace('\\', '/', $server['SCRIPT_NAME'])));
-            if ($envPath != '.' && $envPath != '/') {
+            if ($envPath !== '.' && $envPath !== '/') {
                 $result = $envPath;
             }
         }