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293                 *
294                 * @since 2.9.0
295                 *
296                 * @param int    $meta_id    ID of metadata entry to update.
297                 * @param int    $object_id  Post ID.
298                 * @param string $meta_key   Metadata key.
299                 * @param mixed  $meta_value Metadata value. This will be a PHP-serialized string representation of the value
300                 *                           if the value is an array, an object, or itself a PHP-serialized string.
301                 */
302                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
303           }
304      }
305
306      $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where );
307      if ( ! $result ) {
308           return false;
309      }
310
311      wp_cache_delete( $object_id, $meta_type . '_meta' );
 
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931           // Format the where query arguments.
932           $where               = array();
933           $where[ $id_column ] = $meta_id;
934
935           /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
936           do_action( "update_{$meta_type}_meta", $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $_meta_value );
937
938           if ( 'post' === $meta_type ) {
939                /** This action is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */
940                do_action( 'update_postmeta', $meta_id, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );
941           }
942
943           // Run the update query, all fields in $data are %s, $where is a %d.
944           $result = $wpdb->update( $table, $data, $where, '%s', '%d' );
945           if ( ! $result ) {
946                return false;
947           }
948
949           // Clear the caches.