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295                 *
296                 * @since 2.9.0
297                 *
298                 * @param int    $meta_id    ID of metadata entry to update.
299                 * @param int    $object_id  Post ID.
300                 * @param string $meta_key   Metadata key.
301                 * @param mixed  $meta_value Metadata value. This will be a PHP-serialized string representation of the value
302                 *                           if the value is an array, an object, or itself a PHP-serialized string.
303                 */
304                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
305           }
306      }
307
308      $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where );
309      if ( ! $result ) {
310           return false;
311      }
312
313      wp_cache_delete( $object_id, $meta_type . '_meta' );
 
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936           // Format the where query arguments.
937           $where               = array();
938           $where[ $id_column ] = $meta_id;
939
940           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
941           do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );
942
943           if ( 'post' === $meta_type ) {
944                /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
945                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
946           }
947
948           // Run the update query, all fields in $data are %s, $where is a %d.
949           $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where, '%s', '%d' );
950           if ( ! $result ) {
951                return false;
952           }
953
954           // Clear the caches.