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1390           $update = true;
1391           $old_user_data = get_userdata($ID);
1392      } else {
1393           $update = false;
1394           // Hash the password
1395           $user_pass = wp_hash_password($user_pass);
1396      }
1397
1398      $user_login = sanitize_user($user_login, true);
1399      $user_login = apply_filters('pre_user_login', $user_login);
1400
1401      //Remove any non-printable chars from the login string to see if we have ended up with an empty username
1402      $user_login = trim($user_login);
1403
1404      if ( empty($user_login) )
1405           return new WP_Error('empty_user_login', __('Cannot create a user with an empty login name.') );
1406
1407      if ( !$update && username_exists( $user_login ) )
1408           return new WP_Error('existing_user_login', __('This username is already registered.') );