Title: Uncaught Error: Failed opening required ‘PDFImage.php’
Last modified: July 31, 2025

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# Uncaught Error: Failed opening required ‘PDFImage.php’

 *  Resolved [bernhardwebstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernhardwebstudio/)
 * (@bernhardwebstudio)
 * [10 months, 2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncaught-error-failed-opening-required-pdfimage-php/)
 * Hi there, thanks for this plugin.
 * Unfortunately, it does not seem to work anymore, I unfortunately noticed it only
   now. I get the following exception when submitting my form:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       Got error 'PHP message: PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught Error: Failed opening required '/home/.../public_html/wp-content/plugins/pdf-builder-for-wpforms/pr/htmlgenerator/sectionGenerator/fields/PDFImage.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /home/.../public_html/wp-content/plugins/pdf-builder-for-wpforms/autoload.php:13\nStack trace:\n#0 /home/.../public_html/wp-content/plugins/pdf-builder-for-wpforms/htmlgenerator/sectionGenerators/fields/FieldFactory.php(54): rednaoformpdfbuilder()\n#1 /home/.../public_html/wp-content/plugins/pdf-builder-for-wpforms/htmlgenerator/sectionGenerators/AreaGenerator.php(90): rednaoformpdfbuilder\\htmlgenerator\\sectionGenerators\\fields\\FieldFactory::GetField()\n#2 /home/.../public_html/wp-content/plugins/pdf-builder-for-wpforms/htmlgenerator/sectionGenerators/PageGenerator.php(75): rednaoformpdfbuilder\\htmlgenerator\\sectionGenerators\\AreaGenerator->Gen...', referer: https://...
       ```
   
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   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [bernhardwebstudio](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bernhardwebstudio/)
 * (@bernhardwebstudio)
 * [10 months, 1 week ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/uncaught-error-failed-opening-required-pdfimage-php/#post-18591003)
 * Ok, so, this problem was caused by me updating the Plugin naïvely via WordPress
   store, forgetting that I had purchased a license, and that the image feature 
   required a license. The second issue that came to play here was the fact that
   the pro plugin throws a fatal error and cannot be acivated while the WordPress
   store / non-pro version is active.
 * The solution is to deactivate the non-pro version, download a current pro version
   from the rednao webpage, and activate that. The existing PDF templates will thankfully
   continue to work / be saved.

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