diff --git a/tests/PHPCurlClass/Helper.php b/tests/PHPCurlClass/Helper.php
index bceb1a8..587c08c 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCurlClass/Helper.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCurlClass/Helper.php
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ function remove_file_from_server($uploaded_file_path) {
     assert(file_exists($uploaded_file_path) === false);
 }
 
+function get_curl_property_value($instance, $property_name)
+{
+    $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\Curl');
+    $property = $reflector->getProperty($property_name);
+    $property->setAccessible(true);
+    return $property->getValue($instance);
+}
+
 function get_multi_curl_property_value($instance, $property_name)
 {
     $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\MultiCurl');
diff --git a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
index a2d64b9..bffb9e3 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPCurlClassTest.php
@@ -1198,11 +1198,7 @@ class CurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         $curl = new Curl();
         $curl->setHeader('Content-Type', $content_type);
 
-        $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\Curl');
-        $property = $reflector->getProperty('headers');
-        $property->setAccessible(true);
-        $headers = $property->getValue($curl);
-
+        $headers = \Helper\get_curl_property_value($curl, 'headers');
         $this->assertEquals($content_type, $headers['Content-Type']);
         $this->assertEquals($content_type, $headers['content-type']);
         $this->assertEquals($content_type, $headers['CONTENT-TYPE']);
@@ -1568,10 +1564,8 @@ class CurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
             'text/x-json',
         );
 
-        $class = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\Curl');
-        $property = $class->getProperty('jsonPattern');
-        $property->setAccessible(true);
-        $json_pattern = $property->getValue(new Curl);
+        $curl = new Curl();
+        $json_pattern = \Helper\get_curl_property_value($curl, 'jsonPattern');
 
         foreach ($json_content_types as $json_content_type) {
             $message = '"' . $json_content_type . '" does not match pattern ' . $json_pattern;
@@ -2713,10 +2707,8 @@ class CurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
             'text/xml',
         );
 
-        $class = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\Curl');
-        $property = $class->getProperty('xmlPattern');
-        $property->setAccessible(true);
-        $xml_pattern = $property->getValue(new Curl);
+        $curl = new Curl();
+        $xml_pattern = \Helper\get_curl_property_value($curl, 'xmlPattern');
 
         foreach ($xml_content_types as $xml_content_type) {
             $message = '"' . $xml_content_type . '" does not match pattern ' . $xml_pattern;
@@ -3952,11 +3944,7 @@ class CurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
             'Key16: Value16',
         ), $curl->getOpt(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER));
 
-        $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\Curl');
-        $property = $reflector->getProperty('headers');
-        $property->setAccessible(true);
-        $headers = $property->getValue($curl);
-
+        $headers = \Helper\get_curl_property_value($curl, 'headers');
         $this->assertEquals('Value1', $headers['Key1']);
         $this->assertEquals('Value2', $headers['Key2']);
         $this->assertEquals('Value3', $headers['Key3']);
@@ -4016,11 +4004,7 @@ class CurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
             'Key16: Value16',
         ), $curl->getOpt(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER));
 
-        $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\Curl');
-        $property = $reflector->getProperty('headers');
-        $property->setAccessible(true);
-        $headers = $property->getValue($curl);
-
+        $headers = \Helper\get_curl_property_value($curl, 'headers');
         $this->assertEquals('Value1', $headers['Key1']);
         $this->assertEquals('Value2', $headers['Key2']);
         $this->assertEquals('Value3', $headers['Key3']);
diff --git a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
index 3a89369..f42155b 100644
--- a/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
+++ b/tests/PHPCurlClass/PHPMultiCurlClassTest.php
@@ -4609,11 +4609,7 @@ class MultiCurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         ));
         $multi_curl->addGet(Test::TEST_URL);
 
-        $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\MultiCurl');
-        $property = $reflector->getProperty('curls');
-        $property->setAccessible(true);
-        $curls = $property->getValue($multi_curl);
-
+        $curls = \Helper\get_multi_curl_property_value($multi_curl, 'curls');
         foreach ($curls as $curl) {
             $this->assertEquals(array(
                 'Key1: Value1',
@@ -4634,11 +4630,7 @@ class MultiCurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
                 'Key16: Value16',
             ), $curl->getOpt(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER));
 
-            $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\Curl');
-            $property = $reflector->getProperty('headers');
-            $property->setAccessible(true);
-            $headers = $property->getValue($curl);
-
+            $headers = \Helper\get_curl_property_value($curl, 'headers');
             $this->assertEquals('Value1', $headers['Key1']);
             $this->assertEquals('Value2', $headers['Key2']);
             $this->assertEquals('Value3', $headers['Key3']);
@@ -4681,11 +4673,7 @@ class MultiCurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
         ));
         $multi_curl->addGet(Test::TEST_URL);
 
-        $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\MultiCurl');
-        $property = $reflector->getProperty('curls');
-        $property->setAccessible(true);
-        $curls = $property->getValue($multi_curl);
-
+        $curls = \Helper\get_multi_curl_property_value($multi_curl, 'curls');
         foreach ($curls as $curl) {
             $this->assertEquals(array(
                 'Key1: Value1',
@@ -4706,11 +4694,7 @@ class MultiCurlTest extends \PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase
                 'Key16: Value16',
             ), $curl->getOpt(CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER));
 
-            $reflector = new \ReflectionClass('\Curl\Curl');
-            $property = $reflector->getProperty('headers');
-            $property->setAccessible(true);
-            $headers = $property->getValue($curl);
-
+            $headers = \Helper\get_curl_property_value($curl, 'headers');
             $this->assertEquals('Value1', $headers['Key1']);
             $this->assertEquals('Value2', $headers['Key2']);
             $this->assertEquals('Value3', $headers['Key3']);