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1125      if ( !is_string($value) && !is_numeric($value) )
1126           return $value;
1127
1128      $prefixed = false !== strpos( $field, 'user_' );
1129
1130      if ( 'edit' == $context ) {
1131           if ( $prefixed ) {
1132
1133                /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post.php */
1134                $value = apply_filters( "edit_{$field}", $value, $user_id );
1135           } else {
1136
1137                /**
1138                 * Filter a user field value in the 'edit' context.
1139                 *
1140                 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$field`, refers to the prefixed user
1141                 * field being filtered, such as 'user_login', 'user_email', 'first_name', etc.
1142                 *
1143                 * @since 2.9.0