<?php
header("Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8");
$servername = "";
$username = "";
$password = "";
$dbname = "";
mysqli_set_charset($con,"utf8");
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
if ($conn->connect_error) {
    die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}

$sql = "SELECT foodName FROM food ORDER BY foodName";
$result = $conn->query($sql);

if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
    // output data of each row
    echo "<center>";
	echo "<select>";
    while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
    echo "<option value='" . $row['Name'] . "'>" . $row['foodName']. "    " . $row['spare column if needed ']. "</option>";

    }
    echo "</select>";
} else {
    echo "0 results";
}
$conn->close();
?>