Convention table names (with underscore)

18
votes

What is the correctly table name of this table in Laravel 3/4?

Structure
image_projects (id, project_id, image, ext, size, created_at, updated_at, active)

image_projects
imageprojects
imageProjects

And, how I can create the Model?

app/models/image_projects.php
app/models/imageprojects.php
app/models/imageProjects.php
app/models/image/projects.php
app/models/projects/image.php
2
phpormlaraveleloquent

2 Answers

52
votes

It makes no difference what you name your table, as long as you then name the file & class in singular form, with the class name starting with an uppercase letter.

You can use any of the following options:

Table name: image_projects

File name: ImageProject.php

Class name: ImageProject

Table name: imageprojects

File name: Imageproject.php

Class name: Imageproject

Table name: imageProjects

File name: ImageProject.php

Class name: ImageProject

In this case you'll have to set the $table property yourself.

Remember: If you don't name your class in singular form of what you name your table, you'll have to manually set it in your model:

class ImageProjects extends Eloquent
{
    public $table = 'image_projects';
}
1
votes

Current Laravel version 4.2 table name convention works OK in that way:

Table name: image_projects

File name: ImageProject.php

Class name: ImageProject

The camel-case class name forced me with an exception to use table name underscores.