How to return database table name in Laravel

Question

Is there a way that I can get the current database table in use by the model that I\'m in? I see that there is a table() function in Laravel/Database/Eloquent/model.php but

Answer 1

Simple way to get table name from Laravel Model by this:

$tableName = app(\App\User::class)->getTable();

Don't forget to replace:

\App\User

With Model path.

Answer 2

Edit April 2019: This answer is now out of date. See the new correct answer by Flyn San

Yes - Eloquent has a $table variable. There are two ways you can access this:

class yourModel extends Eloquent {

        public static $table = "differentTable";

        function someFunction()
        {
             return yourModel::$table;
        }
}

or

class yourModel extends Eloquent {

    public function someFunction()
    {
        return $this->table();

    }
}

then in your code

Route::get('/', function () {
    $model = new yourModel();   
    dd($model->someFunction());
});

Answer 3

Based on tailor Otwell's answer you could use something like this:

with(new Model)->getTable();

Note: tested on versions 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x and it works well.

Answer 4

In Laravel 4 use static method

$table_name = Model::getTable();

or "self" inside Eloquent Model

$table_name = self::getTable();

Answer 5

There is a public getTable() method defined in Eloquent\Model so you should be able to use $model->getTable().

Answer 6

You can get name of a model's table in a static manner by following code:

If we have a Model as ModelName:

ModelName::query()->getQuery()->from

This method also works fine in case of custom table name that are defined by protected $table = 'custom_table_name' in the Model.