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121           $errors->add('invalidcombo', __('<strong>ERROR</strong>: Invalid username or e-mail.'));
122           return $errors;
123      }
124
125      // redefining user_login ensures we return the right case in the email
126      $user_login = $user_data->user_login;
127      $user_email = $user_data->user_email;
128
129      do_action('retreive_password', $user_login);  // Misspelled and deprecated
130      do_action('retrieve_password', $user_login);
131
132      $key = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SELECT user_activation_key FROM $wpdb->users WHERE user_login = %s", $user_login));
133      if ( empty($key) ) {
134           // Generate something random for a key...
135           $key = wp_generate_password(20, false);
136           do_action('retrieve_password_key', $user_login, $key);
137           // Now insert the new md5 key into the db
138           $wpdb->query($wpdb->prepare("UPDATE $wpdb->users SET user_activation_key = %s WHERE user_login = %s", $key, $user_login));
139      }