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The function is defined in the following location(s).

/wp-includes/user.php  

function get_password_reset_key( $user ) { 
    global $wpdb, $wp_hasher; 
 
    /** 
     * Fires before a new password is retrieved. 
     * 
     * Use the {@see 'retrieve_password'} hook instead. 
     * 
     * @since 1.5.0 
     * @deprecated 1.5.1 Misspelled. Use 'retrieve_password' hook instead. 
     * 
     * @param string $user_login The user login name. 
     */ 
    do_action( 'retreive_password', $user->user_login ); 
 
    /** 
     * Fires before a new password is retrieved. 
     * 
     * @since 1.5.1 
     * 
     * @param string $user_login The user login name. 
     */ 
    do_action( 'retrieve_password', $user->user_login ); 
 
    $allow = true; 
    if ( is_multisite() && is_user_spammy( $user ) ) { 
        $allow = false; 
    } 
 
    /** 
     * Filters whether to allow a password to be reset. 
     * 
     * @since 2.7.0 
     * 
     * @param bool $allow         Whether to allow the password to be reset. Default true. 
     * @param int  $user_data->ID The ID of the user attempting to reset a password. 
     */ 
    $allow = apply_filters( 'allow_password_reset', $allow, $user->ID ); 
 
    if ( ! $allow ) { 
        return new WP_Error( 'no_password_reset', __( 'Password reset is not allowed for this user' ) ); 
    } elseif ( is_wp_error( $allow ) ) { 
        return $allow; 
    } 
 
    // Generate something random for a password reset key. 
    $key = wp_generate_password( 20, false ); 
 
    /** 
     * Fires when a password reset key is generated. 
     * 
     * @since 2.5.0 
     * 
     * @param string $user_login The username for the user. 
     * @param string $key        The generated password reset key. 
     */ 
    do_action( 'retrieve_password_key', $user->user_login, $key ); 
 
    // Now insert the key, hashed, into the DB. 
    if ( empty( $wp_hasher ) ) { 
        $wp_hasher = new PasswordHash( 8, true ); 
    } 
    $hashed = time() . ':' . $wp_hasher->HashPassword( $key ); 
    $key_saved = $wpdb->update( $wpdb->users, array( 'user_activation_key' => $hashed ), array( 'user_login' => $user->user_login ) ); 
    if ( false === $key_saved ) { 
        return new WP_Error( 'no_password_key_update', __( 'Could not save password reset key to database.' ) ); 
    } 
 
    return $key; 
}