What is better to use when updating a user profile?

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I am writing custom user profile pages, got to update data, read about update_user_meta(), and wp_update_user( $userdata )
Q: Is wp_update_user( $userdata ) able to update custom profile fields like phone number, age etc?
I'm asking because I saw a facebook and other nonsense in the tweeter array - they are custom (like user_meta) or default in WP.
In general, which is better to use, or do you need both functions at once?

Answer 1

wp_update_user is not designed to work with the wp_user_meta table. Use update_user_meta()