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234                 * Fires immediately before updating a post's metadata.
235                 *
236                 * @since 2.9.0
237                 *
238                 * @param int    $meta_id    ID of metadata entry to update.
239                 * @param int    $object_id  Object ID.
240                 * @param string $meta_key   Meta key.
241                 * @param mixed  $meta_value Meta value.
242                 */
243                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
244           }
245      }
246
247      $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where );
248      if ( ! $result )
249           return false;
250
251      wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');
252
 
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654           // Format the where query arguments.
655           $where = array();
656           $where[$id_column] = $meta_id;
657
658           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
659           do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );
660
661           if ( 'post' == $meta_type ) {
662                /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
663                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
664           }
665
666           // Run the update query, all fields in $data are %s, $where is a %d.
667           $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where, '%s', '%d' );
668           if ( ! $result )
669                return false;
670
671           // Clear the caches.
672           wp_cache_delete($object_id, $meta_type . '_meta');