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diff --git a/wp-includes/ms-deprecated.php b/wp-includes/ms-deprecated.php
index 9b9c43f9..9c6cad45 100644
--- a/wp-includes/ms-deprecated.php
+++ b/wp-includes/ms-deprecated.php
@@ -270,3 +270,32 @@ function wpmu_admin_redirect_add_updated_param( $url = '' ) {
 	}
 	return $url;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get a numeric user ID from either an email address or a login.
+ *
+ * A numeric string is considered to be an existing user ID
+ * and is simply returned as such.
+ *
+ * @since MU
+ * @deprecated 3.6.0
+ * @deprecated Use get_user_by()
+ * @uses get_user_by()
+ *
+ * @param string $string Either an email address or a login.
+ * @return int
+ */
+function get_user_id_from_string( $string ) {
+	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '3.6', 'get_user_by()' );
+
+	if ( is_email( $string ) )
+		$user = get_user_by( 'email', $string );
+	elseif ( is_numeric( $string ) )
+		return $string;
+	else
+		$user = get_user_by( 'login', $string );
+
+	if ( $user )
+		return $user->ID;
+	return 0;
+}