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1472      /**
1473       * Filters a username after it has been sanitized.
1474       *
1475       * This filter is called before the user is created or updated.
1476       *
1477       * @since 2.0.3
1478       *
1479       * @param string $sanitized_user_login Username after it has been sanitized.
1480       */
1481      $pre_user_login = apply_filters( 'pre_user_login', $sanitized_user_login );
1482
1483      //Remove any non-printable chars from the login string to see if we have ended up with an empty username
1484      $user_login = trim( $pre_user_login );
1485
1486      // user_login must be between 0 and 60 characters.
1487      if ( empty( $user_login ) ) {
1488           return new WP_Error('empty_user_login', __('Cannot create a user with an empty login name.') );
1489      } elseif ( mb_strlen( $user_login ) > 60 ) {
1490           return new WP_Error( 'user_login_too_long', __( 'Username may not be longer than 60 characters.' ) );