public function sanitizeKey( $key ) {
		$key = trim( strtolower( preg_replace( '/-/', '', $key ) ) );
		$key = implode( '-', str_split( $key, 8 ) );
		return sanitize_key( $key );
	}
public function sanitizeKey( $key ) {
		$key = trim( strtolower( preg_replace( '/-/', '', $key ) ) );
		$key = implode( '-', str_split( $key, 8 ) );
		return sanitize_key( $key );
	}
public function sanitizeKey ( $ key ) { $ key = trim ( strtolower ( preg_replace ( '/-/' , '' , $ key ) ) ) ; $ key = implode ( '-' , str_split ( $ key , 8 ) ) ; return sanitize_key ( $ key ) ; }
Sanitizes the key input for loose validation of format.

@since  1.0.0

@param  [type] $key [description]

@return string $key Sanitized key.
Sanitizes the key input for loose validation of format .