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metadata_exists( string $meta_type, int $object_id, string $meta_key ): bool

Since
3.3.0
Source
wp-includes/meta.php:763
Determines if a meta field with the given key exists for the given object ID.

Parameters

$meta_typestring
Type of object metadata is for. Accepts 'blog', 'post', 'comment', 'term', 'user', or any other object type with an associated meta table.
$object_idint
ID of the object metadata is for.
$meta_keystring
Metadata key.

Return

bool
Whether a meta field with the given key exists.

Hooks fired · 1

One hook fires while metadata_exists() runs, in this order:

  1. apply_filters( get_{$meta_type}_metadata )filterline 774 (+11 into the body)

    Short-circuits the return value of a meta field.

Uses · 4

Used by · 4

Source

function metadata_exists( $meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key ) {	if ( ! $meta_type || ! is_numeric( $object_id ) ) {		return false;	} 	$object_id = absint( $object_id );	if ( ! $object_id ) {		return false;	} 	/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/meta.php */	$check = apply_filters( "get_{$meta_type}_metadata", null, $object_id, $meta_key, true, $meta_type );	if ( null !== $check ) {		return (bool) $check;	} 	$meta_cache = wp_cache_get( $object_id, $meta_type . '_meta' ); 	if ( ! $meta_cache ) {		$meta_cache = update_meta_cache( $meta_type, array( $object_id ) );		$meta_cache = $meta_cache[ $object_id ];	} 	if ( isset( $meta_cache[ $meta_key ] ) ) {		return true;	} 	return false;}

History

Introduced in 3.3.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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