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1769      // `$deprecated was pre-4.3 `$plaintext_pass`. An empty `$plaintext_pass` didn't sent a user notification.
1770      if ( 'admin' === $notify || ( empty( $deprecated ) && empty( $notify ) ) ) {
1771           return;
1772      }
1773
1774      // Generate something random for a password reset key.
1775      $key = wp_generate_password( 20, false );
1776
1777      /** This action is documented in wp-login.php */
1778      do_action( 'retrieve_password_key', $user->user_login, $key );
1779
1780      // Now insert the key, hashed, into the DB.
1781      if ( empty( $wp_hasher ) ) {
1782           $wp_hasher = new PasswordHash( 8, true );
1783      }
1784      $hashed = time() . ':' . $wp_hasher->HashPassword( $key );
1785      $wpdb->update( $wpdb->users, array( 'user_activation_key' => $hashed ), array( 'user_login' => $user->user_login ) );
1786
1787      $switched_locale = switch_to_locale( get_user_locale( $user ) );