wptexturize_primes( string $haystack, string $needle, string $prime, string $open_quote, string $close_quote )

function wptexturize_primes( $haystack, $needle, $prime, $open_quote, $close_quote ) {
	$spaces = wp_spaces_regexp();
	$flag = '<!--wp-prime-or-quote-->';
	$quote_pattern = "/$needle(?=\\Z|[.,:;!?)}\\-\\]]|&gt;|" . $spaces . ")/";
	$prime_pattern    = "/(?<=\\d)$needle/";
	$flag_after_digit = "/(?<=\\d)$flag/";
	$flag_no_digit    = "/(?<!\\d)$flag/";

	$sentences = explode( $open_quote, $haystack );

	foreach ( $sentences as $key => &$sentence ) {
		if ( false === strpos( $sentence, $needle ) ) {
			continue;
		} elseif ( 0 !== $key && 0 === substr_count( $sentence, $close_quote ) ) {
			$sentence = preg_replace( $quote_pattern, $flag, $sentence, -1, $count );
			if ( $count > 1 ) {
				// This sentence appears to have multiple closing quotes.  Attempt Vulcan logic.
				$sentence = preg_replace( $flag_no_digit, $close_quote, $sentence, -1, $count2 );
				if ( 0 === $count2 ) {
					// Try looking for a quote followed by a period.
					$count2 = substr_count( $sentence, "$flag." );
					if ( $count2 > 0 ) {
						// Assume the rightmost quote-period match is the end of quotation.
						$pos = strrpos( $sentence, "$flag." );
					} else {
						// When all else fails, make the rightmost candidate a closing quote.
						// This is most likely to be problematic in the context of bug https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/18549.
						$pos = strrpos( $sentence, $flag );
					}
					$sentence = substr_replace( $sentence, $close_quote, $pos, strlen( $flag ) );
				}
				// Use conventional replacement on any remaining primes and quotes.
				$sentence = preg_replace( $prime_pattern, $prime, $sentence );
				$sentence = preg_replace( $flag_after_digit, $prime, $sentence );
				$sentence = str_replace( $flag, $close_quote, $sentence );
			} elseif ( 1 == $count ) {
				// Found only one closing quote candidate, so give it priority over primes.
				$sentence = str_replace( $flag, $close_quote, $sentence );
				$sentence = preg_replace( $prime_pattern, $prime, $sentence );
			} else {
				// No closing quotes found.  Just run primes pattern.
				$sentence = preg_replace( $prime_pattern, $prime, $sentence );
			}
		} else {
			$sentence = preg_replace( $prime_pattern, $prime, $sentence );
			$sentence = preg_replace( $quote_pattern, $close_quote, $sentence );
		}
		if ( '"' == $needle && false !== strpos( $sentence, '"' ) ) {
			$sentence = str_replace( '"', $close_quote, $sentence );
		}
	}

	return implode( $open_quote, $sentences );
}