# Update and assign a subscription

Move a subscription from under a customer to another customer entity.

Use the **updateSubscription** method. 2Checkout moves subscription under the customer for which you provide the **2Checkout customer reference** or the **External customer reference** during the subscription update process.

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## Requirements

To move a subscription from a source customer to a target customer:

* Use **2Checkout customer references** or **External customer references** belonging to the target customer. 2Checkout re-assigns the subscription to the target customer.
* **Customer references** must be valid and associated to the target customer entity under which you move the subscription.

If you provide both the **2Checkout customer reference** and **External customer reference** they need to belong to the same target customer entity.

## Request parameters

| Parameters                                                                                                       | Type/Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **sessionID**                                                                                                    | **Required (string)** — Session identifier, the output of the **Login** method. Include **sessionID** into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect. The **sessionID** expires in **10 minutes**. |
| [**Subscription**](https://verifone.cloud/docs/2checkout/API-Integration/SOAP_API_6.0/API-Requests/039Customer/) | **Required (Object)** — To only move a subscription from a source customer to a target customer, send only the **2Checkout customer reference** or the **External customer reference**.                                               |

## Response parameters

| Type        | Description                                                                    |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Boolean** | **true** or **false** depending on whether the changes were successful or not. |

### Request sample

```php
<?php

require ('PATH_TO_AUTH');

$SubscriptionReference = 'YOUR_SUBSCRIPTION_REFERENCE';

try {
    $retrievedSubscription = $client->getSubscription($sessionID, $SubscriptionReference);
}
catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "retrievedSubscription: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}
var_dump("retrievedSubscription", $retrievedSubscription);
var_dump ($retrievedSubscription);
$retrievedSubscription->AvangateCustomerReference = 172673064;
try {
    $updatedSubscription = $client->updateSubscription($sessionID, $retrievedSubscription);
}
catch (SoapFault $e) {
    echo "updatedSubscription: " . $e->getMessage();
    exit;
}
var_dump("updatedSubscription", $updatedSubscription);
```


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