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721                 * Fires immediately before deleting post or comment metadata of a specific type.
722                 *
723                 * The dynamic portion of the hook, `$meta_type`, refers to the meta
724                 * object type (post or comment).
725                 *
726                 * @since 3.4.0
727                 *
728                 * @param int $meta_id ID of the metadata entry to delete.
729                 */
730                do_action( "delete_{$meta_type}meta", $meta_id );
731           }
732
733           // Run the query, will return true if deleted, false otherwise
734           $result = (bool) $wpdb->delete( $table, array( $id_column => $meta_id ) );
735
736           // Clear the caches.
737           wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');
738
739           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */