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1957           // `$deprecated was pre-4.3 `$plaintext_pass`. An empty `$plaintext_pass` didn't sent a user notification.
1958           if ( 'admin' === $notify || ( empty( $deprecated ) && empty( $notify ) ) ) {
1959                return;
1960           }
1961
1962           // Generate something random for a password reset key.
1963           $key = wp_generate_password( 20, false );
1964
1965           /** This action is documented in wp-login.php */
1966           do_action( 'retrieve_password_key', $user->user_login, $key );
1967
1968           // Now insert the key, hashed, into the DB.
1969           if ( empty( $wp_hasher ) ) {
1970                require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-phpass.php';
1971                $wp_hasher = new PasswordHash( 8, true );
1972           }
1973           $hashed = time() . ':' . $wp_hasher->HashPassword( $key );
1974           $wpdb->update( $wpdb->users, array( 'user_activation_key' => $hashed ), array( 'user_login' => $user->user_login ) );
1975