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254                 * Fires immediately before updating a post's metadata.
255                 *
256                 * @since 2.9.0
257                 *
258                 * @param int    $meta_id    ID of metadata entry to update.
259                 * @param int    $object_id  Object ID.
260                 * @param string $meta_key   Meta key.
261                 * @param mixed  $meta_value Meta value.
262                 */
263                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
264           }
265      }
266
267      $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where );
268      if ( ! $result ) {
269           return false;
270      }
271
272      wp_cache_delete( $object_id, $meta_type . '_meta' );
 
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725           // Format the where query arguments.
726           $where               = array();
727           $where[ $id_column ] = $meta_id;
728
729           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
730           do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );
731
732           if ( 'post' == $meta_type ) {
733                /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
734                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
735           }
736
737           // Run the update query, all fields in $data are %s, $where is a %d.
738           $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where, '%s', '%d' );
739           if ( ! $result ) {
740                return false;
741           }
742
743           // Clear the caches.