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1821      $user_nicename = sanitize_title( $user_nicename );
1822
1823      /**
1824       * Filters a user's nicename before the user is created or updated.
1825       *
1826       * @since 2.0.3
1827       *
1828       * @param string $user_nicename The user's nicename.
1829       */
1830      $user_nicename = apply_filters( 'pre_user_nicename', $user_nicename );
1831
1832      $user_nicename_check = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_nicename = %s AND user_login != %s LIMIT 1", $user_nicename, $user_login ) );
1833
1834      if ( $user_nicename_check ) {
1835           $suffix = 2;
1836           while ( $user_nicename_check ) {
1837                // user_nicename allows 50 chars. Subtract one for a hyphen, plus the length of the suffix.
1838                $base_length         = 49 - mb_strlen( $suffix );
1839                $alt_user_nicename   = mb_substr( $user_nicename, 0, $base_length ) . "-$suffix";