Error on ternary expression

Hi all, i have some error regarding ternary expression, it displays me only the default picture even if you have saved the product pic.
on view i have added this line
<img src="<?php echo base_url(!empty($row['image']) ? $row['image'] :'uploads/product_image/default.jpg'); ?>" id="output"  class="rounded-md mt-3"/>
on model i get the product by id
//get product by id
    public function get_product_by_id($id){
$query = $this->db->get_where('products', array('id' => $id));
return $result = $query->row_array();
}