# Place orders with catalog physical products

Use the **placeOrder** method to create an order using **physical/tangible** products defined in your Control Panel and collect the payment using **credit card based payment methods**.

## Requirements

Add the product code of a **tangible** / **physical** product defined in your 2Checkout Control Panel.

When placing orders for physical products, you can provide the shipping method that applies to the purchase in the API call, as part of the `DeliveryInformation` object.

## Request parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="142.5333251953125">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/1Nzq8FH3DErKvpOktB0W"><code>Order</code></a></td><td><p><strong>Required (object)</strong></p><p>Object designed to collect all data necessary for an order, including billing, product/subscription plan and payment details.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Request sample

```php
<?php

require ('PATH_TO_AUTH');

$Order = new stdClass();
$Order->Currency = 'usd';
$Order->Country = 'US';
$Order->Language = 'en';
$Order->CustomerIP = '91.220.121.21';
$Order->ExternalReference = NULL;
$Order->Source = NULL;
$Order->AffiliateId = NULL;
$Order->CustomerReference = NULL;

$Order->Items = array();
$Order->Items[0] = new stdClass();
$Order->Items[0]->Code = 'my_subscription_1'; // product code of a tangible item
$Order->Items[0]->Quantity = 1;
$Order->Items[0]->PriceOptions = NULL;
$Order->Items[0]->SKU = NULL;
$Order->Items[0]->Price = NULL;
$Order->Items[0]->CrossSell = NULL;
$Order->Items[0]->Trial = false;
$Order->Items[0]->AdditionalFields = NULL;
$Order->Items[0]->SubscriptionStartDate = NULL; //If empty or null, subscriptions become active when purchase is made.

$Order->BillingDetails = new stdClass();
$Order->BillingDetails->FirstName = 'First';
$Order->BillingDetails->LastName = 'Last';
$Order->BillingDetails->CountryCode = 'us';
$Order->BillingDetails->State = 'California';
$Order->BillingDetails->City = 'LA';
$Order->BillingDetails->Address1 = 'Address example';
$Order->BillingDetails->Address2 = NULL;
$Order->BillingDetails->Zip = '90210';
$Order->BillingDetails->Email = 'email@address.com';
$Order->BillingDetails->Phone = NULL;
$Order->BillingDetails->Company = NULL;

$Order->DeliveryDetails = new stdClass();
$Order->DeliveryDetails->FirstName = 'John';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->LastName = 'Doe';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->CountryCode = 'US';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->State = 'California';
$Order->BillingDetails->City = 'LA';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Address1 = 'Address example';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Address2 = NULL;
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Zip = '90210';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Email = 'email@address.com';
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Phone = NULL;
$Order->DeliveryDetails->Company = NULL;

$Order->DeliveryInformation = new stdClass();
$Order->DeliveryInformation->ShippingMethod = new stdClass();
$Order->DeliveryInformation->ShippingMethod->Code = "D7E5E82CD0"; // system generated code of the shipping method

$Order->PaymentDetails = new stdClass ();
$Order->PaymentDetails->Type = 'CC';
$Order->PaymentDetails->Currency = 'usd';
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod = new stdClass ();
$Order->PaymentDetails->CustomerIP = '10.10.10.10';
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->RecurringEnabled = true;
$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';
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->CardNumberTime = 83.21; // can be null - high value in seconds is a red flag for fraud attempts.
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->HolderNameTime = 13.35; // can be null - high value in seconds is a red flag for fraud attempts.
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->Vendor3DSReturnURL = "http://www.success.ro";
$Order->PaymentDetails->PaymentMethod->Vendor3DSCancelURL = "http://www.error.ro";

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

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

## Response parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="187.333251953125">Parameters</th><th>Type / Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="/pages/296f77b2320970fcc8c6d6047e6ecabcaa996ffa"><code>Order information</code></a></td><td><p><strong>Object</strong></p><p>Object containing order information.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>


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