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218            * Fires immediately before updating a post's metadata.
219            *
220            * @since 2.9.0
221            *
222            * @param int    $meta_id    ID of metadata entry to update.
223            * @param int    $object_id  Object ID.
224            * @param string $meta_key   Meta key.
225            * @param mixed  $meta_value Meta value.
226            */
227           do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
228
229      $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where );
230      if ( ! $result )
231           return false;
232
233      wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');
234
235      /**
236       * Fires immediately after updating metadata of a specific type.
 
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603           // Format the where query arguments.
604           $where = array();
605           $where[$id_column] = $meta_id;
606
607           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
608           do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );
609
610           if ( 'post' == $meta_type ) {
611                /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
612                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
613           }
614
615           // Run the update query, all fields in $data are %s, $where is a %d.
616           $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where, '%s', '%d' );
617           if ( ! $result )
618                return false;
619
620           // Clear the caches.
621           wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');