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311                 *
312                 * @since 2.9.0
313                 *
314                 * @param int    $meta_id    ID of metadata entry to update.
315                 * @param int    $object_id  Post ID.
316                 * @param string $meta_key   Metadata key.
317                 * @param mixed  $meta_value Metadata value. This will be a PHP-serialized string representation of the value
318                 *                           if the value is an array, an object, or itself a PHP-serialized string.
319                 */
320                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
321           }
322      }
323
324      $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where );
325      if ( ! $result ) {
326           return false;
327      }
328
329      wp_cache_delete( $object_id, $meta_type . '_meta' );
 
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969           // Format the where query arguments.
970           $where               = array();
971           $where[ $id_column ] = $meta_id;
972
973           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
974           do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );
975
976           if ( 'post' === $meta_type ) {
977                /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
978                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
979           }
980
981           // Run the update query, all fields in $data are %s, $where is a %d.
982           $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where, '%s', '%d' );
983           if ( ! $result ) {
984                return false;
985           }
986
987           // Clear the caches.