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108      global $wpdb;
109
110      $column = esc_sql($meta_type . '_id');
111      $id_column = 'user' == $meta_type ? 'umeta_id' : 'meta_id';
112
113      // expected_slashed ($meta_key)
114      $meta_key = stripslashes($meta_key);
115      $meta_value = stripslashes_deep($meta_value);
116
117      $check = apply_filters( "update_{$meta_type}_metadata", null, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value, $prev_value );
118      if ( null !== $check )
119           return (bool) $check;
120
121      if ( ! $meta_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT $id_column FROM $table WHERE meta_key = %s AND $column = %d", $meta_key, $object_id ) ) )
122           return add_metadata($meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value);
123
124      // Compare existing value to new value if no prev value given and the key exists only once.
125      if ( empty($prev_value) ) {
126           $old_value = get_metadata($meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key);