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487
488      // Fetch the meta and go on if it's found.
489      if ( $meta = get_metadata_by_mid( $meta_type, $meta_id ) ) {
490           $object_id = $meta->{$column};
491
492           do_action( "delete_{$meta_type}_meta", (array) $meta_id, $object_id, $meta->meta_key, $meta->meta_value );
493
494           // Old-style action.
495           if ( 'post' == $meta_type || 'comment' == $meta_type )
496                do_action( "delete_{$meta_type}meta", $meta_id );
497
498           // Run the query, will return true if deleted, false otherwise
499           $result = (bool) $wpdb->delete( $table, array( $id_column => $meta_id ) );
500
501           // Clear the caches.
502           wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');
503
504           do_action( "deleted_{$meta_type}_meta", (array) $meta_id, $object_id, $meta->meta_key, $meta->meta_value );
505