diff --git a/libraries/Util.php b/libraries/Util.php
index 4609ba6d41..2bfcf76027 100644
--- a/libraries/Util.php
+++ b/libraries/Util.php
@@ -4897,6 +4897,105 @@ class Util
         return trim((string)$value);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates HTTP request using curl
+     *
+     * @param string $url                Url to send the request
+     * @param string $method             HTTP request method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc)
+     * @param bool   $return_only_status If set to true, the method would only return response status
+     * @param mixed  $content            Content to be sent with HTTP request
+     * @param string $header             Header to be set for the HTTP request
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public static function httpRequestCurl($url, $method, $return_only_status = false, $content = null, $header = "")
+    {
+        $curl_handle = curl_init($url);
+        if ($curl_handle === false) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        $curl_handle = Util::configureCurl($curl_handle);
+
+        if ($method != "GET") {
+            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $method);
+        }
+        if ($header) {
+            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array($header));
+            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
+        }
+
+
+        if ($method == "POST") {
+            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $content);
+        }
+
+        curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, '2');
+        curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, '1');
+
+        curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
+        curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 0);
+        curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
+        curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
+        curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
+        $response = curl_exec($curl_handle);
+        if ($return_only_status) {
+            if ($response === false) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            $http_status = curl_getinfo($curl_handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+            if ($http_status == 200) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if ($http_status == 404) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            return null;
+        }
+        return $response;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates HTTP request using curl
+     *
+     * @param string $url                Url to send the request
+     * @param string $method             HTTP request method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc)
+     * @param bool   $return_only_status If set to true, the method would only return response status
+     * @param mixed  $content            Content to be sent with HTTP request
+     * @param string $header             Header to be set for the HTTP request
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public static function httpRequestFopen($url, $method, $return_only_status = false, $content = null, $header = "")
+    {
+        $context = array(
+            'http' => array(
+                'method'  => $method,
+                'request_fulluri' => true,
+                'timeout' => 10,
+                'user_agent' => 'phpMyAdmin',
+                'header' => "Accept: */*",
+            )
+        );
+        if ($header) {
+            $context['http']['header'] .= "\n" . $header;
+        }
+        if ($method == "POST") {
+            $context['http']['content'] = $content;
+        }
+
+        $context = Util::handleContext($context);
+        $response = @file_get_contents(
+            $url,
+            false,
+            stream_context_create($context)
+        );
+        if ($return_only_status) {
+            preg_match("#HTTP/[0-9\.]+\s+([0-9]+)#", $http_response_header[0], $out );
+            return ((intval($out[1]) == 200) ? true : ((intval($out[1]) == 404) ? false : null));
+        }
+        return $response;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Creates HTTP request
@@ -4912,78 +5011,10 @@ class Util
     public static function httpRequest($url, $method, $return_only_status = false, $content = null, $header = "")
     {
         if (function_exists('curl_init')) {
-            $curl_handle = curl_init($url);
-            if ($curl_handle === false) {
-                return null;
-            }
-            $curl_handle = Util::configureCurl($curl_handle);
-
-            if ($method != "GET") {
-                curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, $method);
-            }
-            if ($header) {
-                curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array($header));
-                curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
-            }
-
-
-            if ($method == "POST") {
-                curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $content);
-            }
-
-            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, '2');
-            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, '1');
-
-            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER,true);
-            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 0);
-            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4);
-            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 10);
-            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 10);
-            $response = curl_exec($curl_handle);
-            if($return_only_status) {
-                if ($response === false) {
-                    return null;
-                }
-                $http_status = curl_getinfo($curl_handle, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
-                if ($http_status == 200) {
-                    return true;
-                }
-
-                if ($http_status == 404) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-                return null;
-            }
+            return Util::httpRequestCurl($url, $method, $return_only_status, $content, $header);
         } else if (ini_get('allow_url_fopen')) {
-            $context = array(
-                'http' => array(
-                    'method'  => $method,
-                    'request_fulluri' => true,
-                    'timeout' => 10,
-                    'user_agent' => 'phpMyAdmin',
-                    'header' => "Accept: */*",
-                )
-            );
-            if ($header) {
-                $context['http']['header'] .= "\n" . $header;
-            }
-            if ($method == "POST") {
-                $context['http']['content'] = $content;
-            }
-
-            $context = Util::handleContext($context);
-            $response = @file_get_contents(
-                $url,
-                false,
-                stream_context_create($context)
-            );
-            if ($return_only_status) {
-                preg_match("#HTTP/[0-9\.]+\s+([0-9]+)#", $http_response_header[0], $out );
-                return ((intval($out[1]) == 200) ? true : ((intval($out[1]) == 404) ? false : null));
-            }
-        } else {
-            $response = null;
+            return Util::httpRequestFopen($url, $method, $return_only_status, $content, $header);
         }
-        return $response;
+        return null;
     }
 }