Mapping of Eloquent models to tables?

Question

We are able to create Eloquent models for tables. But how Laravel knows to which table to associate a model with? Do we have something similar to hbm.xml(mapping file we use for Hibernate) which says this model means this table.

Answer 1

The table name is a protected property:

class User extends Eloquent {
    protected $table = 'my_users';
 }

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