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484      // Fetch the meta and go on if it's found.
485      if ( $meta = get_metadata_by_mid( $meta_type, $meta_id ) ) {
486           $object_id = $meta->{$column};
487
488           do_action( "delete_{$meta_type}_meta", (array) $meta_id, $object_id, $meta->meta_key, $meta->meta_value );
489
490           // Old-style action.
491           if ( 'post' == $meta_type || 'comment' == $meta_type )
492                do_action( "delete_{$meta_type}meta", $meta_id );
493
494           // Run the query, will return true if deleted, false otherwise
495           $result = (bool) $wpdb->delete( $table, array( $id_column => $meta_id ) );
496
497           // Clear the caches.
498           wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');
499
500           do_action( "deleted_{$meta_type}_meta", (array) $meta_id, $object_id, $meta->meta_key, $meta->meta_value );
501