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735      $username = preg_replace('/&.+?;/', '', $username); // Kill entities
736
737      // If strict, reduce to ASCII for max portability.
738      if ( $strict )
739           $username = preg_replace('|[^a-z0-9 _.\-@]|i', '', $username);
740
741      // Consolidate contiguous whitespace
742      $username = preg_replace('|\s+|', ' ', $username);
743
744      return apply_filters('sanitize_user', $username, $raw_username, $strict);
745 }
746
747 /**
748  * Sanitizes title or use fallback title.
749  *
750  * Specifically, HTML and PHP tags are stripped. Further actions can be added
751  * via the plugin API. If $title is empty and $fallback_title is set, the latter
752  * will be used.
753  *