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258                 *
259                 * @since 2.9.0
260                 *
261                 * @param int    $meta_id    ID of metadata entry to update.
262                 * @param int    $object_id  Post ID.
263                 * @param string $meta_key   Metadata key.
264                 * @param mixed  $meta_value Metadata value. This will be a PHP-serialized string representation of the value
265                 *                           if the value is an array, an object, or itself a PHP-serialized string.
266                 */
267                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
268           }
269      }
270
271      $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where );
272      if ( ! $result ) {
273           return false;
274      }
275
276      wp_cache_delete( $object_id, $meta_type . '_meta' );
 
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848           // Format the where query arguments.
849           $where               = array();
850           $where[ $id_column ] = $meta_id;
851
852           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
853           do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );
854
855           if ( 'post' === $meta_type ) {
856                /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
857                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
858           }
859
860           // Run the update query, all fields in $data are %s, $where is a %d.
861           $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where, '%s', '%d' );
862           if ( ! $result ) {
863                return false;
864           }
865
866           // Clear the caches.