wp-includes/meta.php:888Updates metadata by meta ID.
$meta_typestring$meta_idint$meta_valuestring$meta_keystring|falseoptionalfalsebool5 hooks fire while update_metadata_by_mid() runs, in this order:
Short-circuits updating metadata of a specific type by meta ID.
Fires immediately before updating metadata of a specific type.
Fires immediately before updating a post's metadata.
Fires immediately after updating metadata of a specific type.
Fires immediately after updating a post's metadata.
function update_metadata_by_mid( $meta_type, $meta_id, $meta_value, $meta_key = false ) { global $wpdb; // Make sure everything is valid. if ( ! $meta_type || ! is_numeric( $meta_id ) || floor( $meta_id ) != $meta_id ) { return false; } $meta_id = (int) $meta_id; if ( $meta_id <= 0 ) { return false; } $table = _get_meta_table( $meta_type ); if ( ! $table ) { return false; } $column = sanitize_key( $meta_type . '_id' ); $id_column = ( 'user' === $meta_type ) ? 'umeta_id' : 'meta_id'; /** * Short-circuits updating metadata of a specific type by meta ID. * * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$meta_type`, refers to the meta object type * (blog, post, comment, term, user, or any other type with an associated meta table). * Returning a non-null value will effectively short-circuit the function. * * Possible hook names include: * * - `update_blog_metadata_by_mid` * - `update_post_metadata_by_mid` * - `update_comment_metadata_by_mid` * - `update_term_metadata_by_mid` * - `update_user_metadata_by_mid` * * @since 5.0.0 * * @param null|bool $check Whether to allow updating metadata for the given type. * @param int $meta_id Meta ID. * @param mixed $meta_value Meta value. Must be serializable if non-scalar. * @param string|false $meta_key Meta key, if provided. */ $check = apply_filters( "update_{$meta_type}_metadata_by_mid", null, $meta_id, $meta_value, $meta_key ); if ( null !== $check ) { return (bool) $check; } // Fetch the meta and go on if it's found. $meta = get_metadata_by_mid( $meta_type, $meta_id ); if ( $meta ) { $original_key = $meta->meta_key; $object_id = $meta->{$column}; /* * If a new meta_key (last parameter) was specified, change the meta key, * otherwise use the original key in the update statement. */ if ( false === $meta_key ) { $meta_key = $original_key; } elseif ( ! is_string( $meta_key ) ) { return false; } $meta_subtype = get_object_subtype( $meta_type, $object_id ); // Sanitize the meta. $_meta_value = $meta_value; $meta_value = sanitize_meta( $meta_key, $meta_value, $meta_type, $meta_subtype ); $meta_value = maybe_serialize( $meta_value ); // Format the data query arguments. $data = array( 'meta_key' => $meta_key, 'meta_value' => $meta_value, ); // Format the where query arguments. $where = array(); $where[ $id_column ] = $meta_id;Introduced in 3.3.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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src/wp-includes/meta.php, and regenerated for each WordPress release so it tracks the code rather than a snapshot of it.