osTicket> Allow clients to assign department

This is the MOD for the much requested “Allow user to select department”…

Open $TICKETS_HOME/open.php
Remove

$_POST['deptId']=

(only this, not the rest of the line)

Open $TICKETS_HOME/include/client/open.inc.php
Before the Subject
insert the following:

<td align="left"><b>Department:</b></td>
<td>
<select name="deptId">
<option value="" selected >Select Department</option>
<?
$services= db_query('SELECT dept_id,dept_name FROM '.DEPT_TABLE.' ORDER BY dept_name');
while (list($deptId,$dept) = db_fetch_row($services)){
$selected = ($info['deptId']==$deptId)?'selected':''; ?>
<option value="<?=$deptId?>"<?=$selected?>><?=$dept?></option>
<?
}?>
</select>
&nbsp;<font class="error"><b>*</b>&nbsp;<?=$errors['deptId']?></font>
</td>
</tr>