diff --git a/adminer/drivers/elastic.inc.php b/adminer/drivers/elastic.inc.php
index 00a6e525..cdd5e466 100644
--- a/adminer/drivers/elastic.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/drivers/elastic.inc.php
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ if (isset($_GET["elastic"])) {
 		$properties = array();
 		foreach($fields as $f) {
 			$field_name = trim($f[1][0]);
-			$field_type = trim($f[1][1] ?: "text");
+			$field_type = trim($f[1][1] ? "" : "text");
 			$properties[$field_name] = array(
 				'type' => $field_type
 			);
diff --git a/changes.txt b/changes.txt
index e566f34b..e9d56571 100644
--- a/changes.txt
+++ b/changes.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Adminer 4.5.1-dev:
 Fix counting selected rows after going back to select page
+PHP <5.3 compatibility even with Elasticsearch enabled
 
 Adminer 4.5.0 (released 2018-01-24):
 Display name of the object in confirmation when dropping it