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While trying to update my Joomla instance on my native environment in OSX Yosemite 10.10.5. I am brought to the "updating" page where the progress bar shows up and a message that says 'Updating your Joomla files. Please wait ...' but nothing happens. I looked in my server log files but found nothing unusual, however I do get an error in the browser console on the 'updating' page that says -

Uncaught TypeError: window.pingExtract is not a function
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  • I would just clear Joomla and browser cache, restart browser and tried again. – Mikan Apr 7 '16 at 7:44
  • Tried all these things with no luck – handofjobin Apr 7 '16 at 12:51
  • Found out something here but have not a solution, have you tried now with Joomla 3.5.1? Have you tried to just leave the browser for a long time on "Please wait.."? It could be processing the update but not showing progess bar due to the javascript error. – Kitase88 Apr 8 '16 at 9:44
  • I tried both 3.5 and 3.5.1 but no luck. I did find this link which describes my problem exactly. – handofjobin Apr 11 '16 at 15:52
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I had the exact same issue on two 3.5.0 instances.

Turns out that media/com_joomlaupdate was missing the /js directory. The file update.js in the /js directory is what declares pingExtract

I downloaded the full package of Joomla extracted the directory and placed it where it in media/com_joomlaupdate and it resolved the issue.

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  • Sorry for the late reply. I tried adding the JS directory and to the com_joomlaupdate folder and ran the updater again. I ended up getting a different error message than before having to do with my database configuration. I was on a tight deadline so I created a new Joomla instance and moved my template over. Any idea why the folder went missing? – handofjobin Apr 15 '16 at 1:30
  • My guess would be something to do with the updater Joomla when I updated to 3.5. Maybe the updater removed the directories but failed to apply fresher copies? Since I performed the same update on two separate instances and the got the same results I am willing to bet it has to do with the updater/how I perform updates. Glad you got a solution working though! – CWilhel Apr 19 '16 at 15:48

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