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_get_meta_table()

_get_meta_table( string $type ): string|false

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Retrieves the name of the metadata table for the specified object type.

Parameters

$typestringrequired
Type of object metadata is for. Accepts 'post', 'comment', 'term', 'user', or any other object type with an associated meta table.

Return

string|false Metadata table name, or false if no metadata table exists

Source

function _get_meta_table( $type ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$table_name = $type . 'meta';

	if ( empty( $wpdb->$table_name ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	return $wpdb->$table_name;
}

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Updates metadata by meta ID.

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Deletes metadata by meta ID.

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Updates the metadata cache for the specified objects.

add_metadata()wp-includes/meta.php

Adds metadata for the specified object.

update_metadata()wp-includes/meta.php

Updates metadata for the specified object. If no value already exists for the specified object ID and metadata key, the metadata will be added.

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2.9.0Introduced.

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