Function Signature:
update_metadata
Function Description:
Updates metadata for the specified object. If no value already exists for the specified object ID and metadata key, the metadata will be added.
Function Examples:
⚠️ Examples below are generated with GPT-3 once every hour. Do not take them too seriously.
Consider them as some extra input in your learning process - reason about them. Will it work? What could fail?
// Example 1: Update a post's custom field value
$post_id = 123;
$meta_key = 'custom_field';
$meta_value = 'new_value';
update_metadata( 'post', $post_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );// Example 2: Update a user's meta data with serialized data
$user_id = 456;
$meta_key = 'user_data';
$meta_value = array( 'key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2' );
update_metadata( 'user', $user_id, $meta_key, serialize( $meta_value ) );// Example 3: Update a term's meta data with an array value
$term_id = 789;
$meta_key = 'term_data';
$meta_value = array( 'key1' => 'value1', 'key2' => 'value2' );
update_metadata( 'term', $term_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );