function get_tickets_list($user_name, $id)
{
    //	require_once('modules/Users/User.php');
    //        $seed_user = new User();
    //        $user_id = $seed_user->retrieve_user_id($user_name);
    $seed_ticket = new HelpDesk();
    $output_list = array();
    $response = $seed_ticket->get_user_tickets_list($user_name, $id);
    $ticketsList = $response['list'];
    // create a return array of ticket details.
    foreach ($ticketsList as $ticket) {
        $output_list[] = array("ticketid" => $ticket[ticketid], "title" => $ticket[title], "firstname" => $ticket[firstname], "lastname" => $ticket[lastname], "parent_id" => $ticket[parent_id], "productid" => $ticket[productid], "productname" => $ticket[productname], "priority" => $ticket[priority], "severity" => $ticket[severity], "status" => $ticket[status], "category" => $ticket[category], "description" => $ticket[description], "solution" => $ticket[solution], "createdtime" => $ticket[createdtime], "modifiedtime" => $ticket[modifiedtime]);
    }
    //to remove an erroneous compiler warning
    $seed_ticket = $seed_ticket;
    return $output_list;
}