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100           if ( empty( $errors ) ) {
101                $user_data = get_userdatabylogin(trim($_POST['user_login']));
102                // redefining user_login ensures we return the right case in the email
103                $user_login = $user_data->user_login;
104                $user_email = $user_data->user_email;
105
106                if (!$user_email || $user_email != $_POST['user_email']) {
107                     $errors['invalidcombo'] = __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username / e-mail combination.');
108                } else {
109                     do_action('retreive_password', $user_login);  // Misspelled and deprecated
110                     do_action('retrieve_password', $user_login);
111
112                     // Generate something random for a password... md5'ing current time with a rand salt
113                     $key = substr( md5( uniqid( microtime() ) ), 0, 8);
114                     // Now insert the new pass md5'd into the db
115                     $wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->users SET user_activation_key = '$key' WHERE user_login = '$user_login'");
116                     $message = __('Someone has asked to reset the password for the following site and username.') . "\r\n\r\n";
117                     $message .= get_option('siteurl') . "\r\n\r\n";
118                     $message .= sprintf(__('Username: %s'), $user_login) . "\r\n\r\n";