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1517      /**
1518       * Fires immediately before a comment is deleted from the database.
1519       *
1520       * @since 1.2.0
1521       * @since 4.9.0 Added the `$comment` parameter.
1522       *
1523       * @param string     $comment_id The comment ID as a numeric string.
1524       * @param WP_Comment $comment    The comment to be deleted.
1525       */
1526      do_action( 'delete_comment', $comment->comment_ID, $comment );
1527
1528      // Move children up a level.
1529      $children = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT comment_ID FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_parent = %d", $comment->comment_ID ) );
1530      if ( ! empty( $children ) ) {
1531           $wpdb->update( $wpdb->comments, array( 'comment_parent' => $comment->comment_parent ), array( 'comment_parent' => $comment->comment_ID ) );
1532           clean_comment_cache( $children );
1533      }
1534
1535      // Delete metadata.