move the version check to a utility function

features/bootstrap/utils.php

@@ -700,3 +700,22 @@ function get_temp_dir() {
 
 	return $trailingslashit( $temp );
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get the latest WordPress version from the version check API endpoint.
+ *
+ * @access public
+ * @category System
+ *
+ * @return string
+ */
+function get_wp_version() {
+	// Fetch the latest WordPress version info from the WordPress.org API
+	$url = 'https://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/1.7/';
+	$json = file_get_contents($url);
+	$data = json_decode($json, true);
+
+	// Extract the latest version number
+	$latestVersion = $data['offers'][0]['current'];
+	return trim($latestVersion);
+}

features/steps/given.php

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     Behat\Gherkin\Node\TableNode,
     WP_CLI\Process;
 
+use function WP_CLI\Utils\get_wp_version;
+
 $steps->Given( '/^an empty directory$/',
 	function ( $world ) {
 		$world->create_run_dir();
@@ -157,20 +159,12 @@ function($world) {
 );
 
 $steps->Given('/^the current WP version is not the latest$/', function ($world) {
-	// Fetch the latest WordPress version info from the WordPress.org API
-	$url = 'https://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/1.7/';
-	$json = file_get_contents($url);
-	$data = json_decode($json, true);
-
-	// Extract the latest version number
-	$latestVersion = $data['offers'][0]['current'];
-
 	// Use wp-cli to get the currently installed WordPress version.
 	$currentVersion = $world->proc('wp core version')->run();
 
 	// Normalize versions (remove new lines).
 	$currentVersion = trim($currentVersion->stdout);
-	$latestVersion = trim($latestVersion);
+	$latestVersion = get_wp_version();
 
 	// If there's no update available or the current version is the latest, throw an exception to skip the test.
 	if (empty($latestVersion) || $currentVersion === $latestVersion) {