Update the table name at runtime not working - laravel Eloquent ORM

Question

This is my model:

class Product extends \\GlobalModel {
    protected $table = \'product\';
}

I want to update the table name oops_

Answer 1

I needed to change the table name based on my request (my tables would have a prefix based on my request). what I did was that I extended the Model class as MyModel, then I overrode the construct method, combining a table name based on my request and the default table name I provided my models.

class MyModel extends Model
{

  public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
  {
      parent::__construct($attributes);
      $this->setTable(Config::get('tablePrefix').$this->getTable());
  }
}

which you should replace the Config table prefix towards your approach.

and then in my models I just extended MyModel and all was fine including static calls as I tested.

class Category extends MyModel
{

  protected $table = "categories";
}

So as my request changed I changed the Config I had provided and could get different table names such as a__categories, b__categories and all was fine including static calls, relations and saving to database.