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1179      if ( !is_string($value) && !is_numeric($value) )
1180           return $value;
1181
1182      $prefixed = false !== strpos( $field, 'user_' );
1183
1184      if ( 'edit' == $context ) {
1185           if ( $prefixed ) {
1186
1187                /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post.php */
1188                $value = apply_filters( "edit_{$field}", $value, $user_id );
1189           } else {
1190
1191                /**
1192                 * Filters a user field value in the 'edit' context.
1193                 *
1194                 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$field`, refers to the prefixed user
1195                 * field being filtered, such as 'user_login', 'user_email', 'first_name', etc.
1196                 *
1197                 * @since 2.9.0