<?php
$test = null; //50
// get DB version using PDO
$stmt = $pdo->prepare("UPDATE test SET val = IFNULL(:val, test.val) WHERE id = 1;");
$stmt->execute([':val'=>$test]);
$stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM test WHERE id = ?;");
$stmt->execute([1]);
$row = $stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
print_r($row);