How to Specify a Custom Table Name for a Laravel Model

When creating a Model in Laravel, the framework automatically derives the corresponding database table name by pluralizing the model name, which works in most cases but can cause issues with irregular nouns or when a different table name is required.

Running the command php artisan make:model Customer generates a Customer model and expects a table named customers in the database.

To use a custom table name, add a protected $table property inside the model class, specifying the exact table you want the model to interact with.

<code>&lt;?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Customer extends Model {
    protected $table = 'customer';
}
</code>

This code forces Laravel to map the Customer model to the customer table instead of the default customers table. The same adjustment should be applied to any model where the automatic pluralization does not match the intended table name.