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228            * Fires immediately before updating a post's metadata.
229            *
230            * @since 2.9.0
231            *
232            * @param int    $meta_id    ID of metadata entry to update.
233            * @param int    $object_id  Object ID.
234            * @param string $meta_key   Meta key.
235            * @param mixed  $meta_value Meta value.
236            */
237           do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
238
239      $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where );
240      if ( ! $result )
241           return false;
242
243      wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');
244
245      /**
246       * Fires immediately after updating metadata of a specific type.
 
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633           // Format the where query arguments.
634           $where = array();
635           $where[$id_column] = $meta_id;
636
637           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
638           do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );
639
640           if ( 'post' == $meta_type ) {
641                /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
642                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
643           }
644
645           // Run the update query, all fields in $data are %s, $where is a %d.
646           $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where, '%s', '%d' );
647           if ( ! $result )
648                return false;
649
650           // Clear the caches.
651           wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');