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422      // Old-style action.
423      if ( 'post' === $meta_type ) {
424           /**
425            * Fires immediately before deleting metadata for a post.
426            *
427            * @since 2.9.0
428            *
429            * @param string[] $meta_ids An array of metadata entry IDs to delete.
430            */
431           do_action( 'delete_postmeta', $meta_ids );
432      }
433
434      $query = "DELETE FROM $table WHERE $id_column IN( " . implode( ',', $meta_ids ) . ' )';
435
436      $count = $wpdb->query( $query );
437
438      if ( ! $count ) {
439           return false;
440      }