wp-admin/includes/bookmark.php:300Updates a link in the database.
$linkdataarrayintfunction wp_update_link( $linkdata ) { $link_id = (int) $linkdata['link_id']; $link = get_bookmark( $link_id, ARRAY_A ); // Escape data pulled from DB. $link = wp_slash( $link ); // Passed link category list overwrites existing category list if not empty. if ( isset( $linkdata['link_category'] ) && is_array( $linkdata['link_category'] ) && count( $linkdata['link_category'] ) > 0 ) { $link_cats = $linkdata['link_category']; } else { $link_cats = $link['link_category']; } // Merge old and new fields with new fields overwriting old ones. $linkdata = array_merge( $link, $linkdata ); $linkdata['link_category'] = $link_cats; return wp_insert_link( $linkdata );}Introduced in 2.0.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.
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