Retrieve customer
Last updated: 12-Aug-2025
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Overview
Use the getCustomerInformation method to retrieve the details of a customer entity from the 2Checkout system.
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. | |
| CustomerReference | Required (int) |
| System-generated customer reference. Required unless you prefer to use ExternalCustomerReference. | |
| ExternalCustomerReference | Optional (string) |
| External customer reference that you control. Optional when you use CustomerReference. If you include it, it needs to belong to the same customer as the CustomerReference. |
Response
| Parameters | Type/Description |
|---|---|
| Customer | Object |
Request
<?php
require ('PATH_TO_AUTH');
$customerReference = CUSTOMER_REFERENCE;
$externalCustomerReference = 'EXT_CUSTOMER_REFERENCE'; // Optional, but if you include it it needs to belong to the same customer as the internal 2Checkout customer reference
try {
$customerInfo = $client->getCustomerInformation($sessionID, $customerReference, $externalCustomerReference);
} catch (SoapFault $e) {
echo "customerInfo: " . $e->getMessage();
exit;
}
// New Credit object (optional)
$customerInfo->Credit = new stdClass();
$customerInfo->Credit->Limit = 51.0; // float
$customerInfo->Credit->Remaining = 21.0; // float
$customerInfo->Credit->Currency = 'EUR'; // string
var_dump("customerInfo", $customerInfo);
?>
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