# Place a renewal order

Renew a subscription and collect recurring revenue using the 2Checkout Subscription Reference. You can renew subscriptions for both catalog and dynamic products. 

## Requirements <a href="#requirements" id="requirements"></a>

To place a renewal order, you need to provide a valid subscription reference number.

## Payment methods <a href="#payment-methods" id="payment-methods"></a>

You can place renewal orders using the following payment methods:

* Credit/Debit cards: Visa, Visa Electron, MasterCard, Maestro, Amex, Discover, Dankort, Carte Bleue, JCB. 2Checkout supports local Brazilian cards.
* PayPal and PayPal Express
* Purchase Order
* Wire
* Check
* WeChat Pay
* iDEAL
* Alipay
* Trustly
* ApplePay
* 2Pay.js
* Boleto/Pix
* Google Pay
* TEST orders
* Free orders (no payment information required)
* Previous order references - In addition to the payment methods enumerated above, 2Checkout also supports 1-click purchase flows in which you use valid previous order references belonging to returning customers to pay for new orders with their previously used cards and PayPal accounts.
* Order with installments

Use the **PaymentDetails** object to change the payment method used in the ordering process.

## Request parameters <a href="#parameters" id="parameters"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="214">Parameter</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>sessionID</code></td><td><strong>Required (string)</strong><br>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>.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/pages/1Nzq8FH3DErKvpOktB0W"><code>Order</code></a></td><td><p><strong>Required (Object)</strong><br>Object designed to collect all data necessary for an order, including billing, product/subscription plan and payment details.</p><p>To place an order with PayPal rather than PayPal Express, use PAYPAL as the type of the <code>PaymentDetails</code> object and send the shopper email and a return URL as part of the <code>PaymentMethod</code> object. See code sample. </p></td></tr><tr><td><code>SubscriptionReference</code></td><td><p><strong>Required (String)</strong></p><p>2Checkout generated subscription reference number. E.q. A8C5671BFE.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request sample

```php
<?php

require ('PATH_TO_AUTH');

$Order = new stdClass();
$Order->Currency = 'USD';
$Order->Language = "EN";
$Order->Country = 'US';
$Order->CustomerIP = '91.220.121.21';
$Order->Source = "sourceAPI.net";
$Order->LocalTime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
$Order->Items = array();

/**/
$Order->Items[0]->RenewalInformation = new stdClass();
$Order->Items[0]->RenewalInformation->SubscriptionReference = 'A8C5671BFE'; //subscription used in the renewal process
$Order->Items[0]->Price = new stdClass();
$Order->Items[0]->Price->Type = 'CUSTOM';
$Order->Items[0]->Price->Amount = '10';
$Order->Items[0]->PriceOptions = array('uniqscale1=4');//

$Order->MachineId = "MachineID";

$Order->BillingDetails = new stdClass();
$Order->BillingDetails->Address1 = 'Bil1ing address';
$Order->BillingDetails->Address2 = 'Billing address 2';
$Order->BillingDetails->City = 'Billing City';
$Order->BillingDetails->State = 'Billing State';
$Order->BillingDetails->CountryCode = 'US';
$Order->BillingDetails->Phone = 1231232123;
$Order->BillingDetails->Email = 'customer_details@test.com';
$Order->BillingDetails->FirstName = 'First';
$Order->BillingDetails->LastName = 'Customer';
$Order->BillingDetails->Company = 'Billing Company';
$Order->BillingDetails->Zip = '55104';

$Order->DeliveryDetails = new stdClass();
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Address1 = 'Bil1ing address';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Address2 = 'Billing address 2';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->City = 'Billing City';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->State = 'Billing State';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->CountryCode = 'US';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Phone = '12345';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Email = 'customer_details@test.com';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->FirstName = 'First';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->LastName = 'Customer';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Zip = "55104";

$Order->PaymentDetails = new stdClass();
$Order->PaymentDetails->Type = "CC";
$Order->PaymentDetails->Currency = $currency;

$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod = new stdClass();
/**/
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->CardNumber = "4111111111111111";
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->CardType = "VISA";
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->ExpirationYear = "2019";
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->ExpirationMonth = "12";
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->CCID = "123";
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->HolderName = "John Doe";
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->RecurringEnabled = TRUE;
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->HolderNameTime = 1;
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->CardNumberTime = 1;
/**/


$jsonRpcRequest = new stdClass();
$jsonRpcRequest->jsonrpc = '2.0';
$jsonRpcRequest->method = 'placeOrder';
$jsonRpcRequest->params = array($sessionID, $Order);
$jsonRpcRequest->id = $i++;

$placeOrder = callRPC($jsonRpcRequest, $host);

var_dump ($placeOrder);
```

## Response parameters <a href="#response" id="response"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="179.86669921875">Parameter</th><th>Type</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/pages/296f77b2320970fcc8c6d6047e6ecabcaa996ffa"><code>Order information</code></a></td><td><strong>Object</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>


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