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

$type string Required

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

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

File: wp-includes/meta.php. View all references

function _get_meta_table( $type ) {
	global $wpdb;

	$table_name = $type . 'meta';

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

	return $wpdb->$table_name;
}