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1474           if ( 'description' === $field ) {
1475                $value = esc_html( $value ); // textarea_escaped?
1476           } else {
1477                $value = esc_attr( $value );
1478           }
1479      } elseif ( 'db' === $context ) {
1480           if ( $prefixed ) {
1481                /** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post.php */
1482                $value = apply_filters( "pre_{$field}", $value );
1483           } else {
1484
1485                /**
1486                 * Filters the value of a user field in the 'db' context.
1487                 *
1488                 * The dynamic portion of the hook name, `$field`, refers to the prefixed user
1489                 * field being filtered, such as 'user_login', 'user_email', 'first_name', etc.
1490                 *
1491                 * @since 2.9.0