# Create customer

Use the **createCustomer** method to add the details of a customer entity into the 2Checkout system. By default, customer status is **Inactive** until you assign a specific subscription to the customer. Following that action, customer status reflects the status of the attached subscription(s).

## Request parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="145.7332763671875">Parameters</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>sessionID</code></td><td><p><strong>Required (string)</strong></p><p>Session identifier, the output of the <strong>Login</strong> method. Include <code>sessionID</code> into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect. The <code>sessionID</code> expires in <strong>10 minutes</strong>.</p></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/CWo1eLxjU2JHlgd4r1O4"><code>Customer</code></a></td><td><strong>Object</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request sample

```php
<?php

require ('PATH_TO_AUTH');

$newCustomer = new stdClass();
$newCustomer->AvangateCustomerReference = null;
$newCustomer->ExternalCustomerReference = 'ThisIsATestReference123456';
$newCustomer->FirstName = 'NewCustomer';
$newCustomer->LastName = 'NewCustomerLastName';
$newCustomer->Company = null;
$newCustomer->FiscalCode = null;
$newCustomer->Address1 = 'Address';
$newCustomer->Address2 = null;
$newCustomer->City = 'LA';
$newCustomer->Zip = '90210';
$newCustomer->CountryCode = 'us';
$newCustomer->Phone = null;
$newCustomer->Fax = null;
$newCustomer->Email = 'newcustomer@email.com';
$newCustomer->ExistingCards = null;
$newCustomer->Enabled = null;
$newCustomer->Trial = null;

// Add Credit object here
$newCustomer->Credit = new stdClass();
$newCustomer->Credit->Limit = 51.0;       // float
$newCustomer->Credit->Remaining = 21.0;   // float
$newCustomer->Credit->Currency = 'EUR';   // string

$jsonRpcRequest = array(
    'method' => 'createCustomer',
    'params' => array($sessionID, $newCustomer),
    'id' => $i++,
    'jsonrpc' => '2.0'
);

var_dump(callRPC((Object)$jsonRpcRequest, $host, true));
```

## Response parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="250.2667236328125">Parameters</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>AvangateCustomerReference</code></td><td><p><strong>Int</strong></p><p>System-generated customer reference.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>


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