silent-auction/app/Helpers/ItemSelectList.php

<?php
namespace App\Helpers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use App\Models\Items;

class ItemSelectList
{
    public static function itemShowNumbers()
    {
        $item_num_results = Items::orderBy('item_assigned_num')
                                ->get();
        $item_nums = '<option disabled="disabled" selected="selected" value="0">choose...</option>';
        foreach ($item_num_results as $item_num_result) {
            $item_nums .= '<option value="' .
            $item_num_result->iditems .
            '">' .
            $item_num_result->item_assigned_num .
            '</option>';
        }
        return $item_nums;
    }
}