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1659      /**
1660       * Filter a username after it has been sanitized.
1661       *
1662       * This filter is called before the user is created or updated.
1663       *
1664       * @since 2.0.3
1665       *
1666       * @param string $sanitized_user_login Username after it has been sanitized.
1667       */
1668      $pre_user_login = apply_filters( 'pre_user_login', $sanitized_user_login );
1669
1670      //Remove any non-printable chars from the login string to see if we have ended up with an empty username
1671      $user_login = trim( $pre_user_login );
1672
1673      if ( empty( $user_login ) ) {
1674           return new WP_Error('empty_user_login', __('Cannot create a user with an empty login name.') );
1675      }
1676      if ( ! $update && username_exists( $user_login ) ) {
1677           return new WP_Error( 'existing_user_login', __( 'Sorry, that username already exists!' ) );