How to check if a Model connected to the table - php

Question

I have a custom Model which I generated with php artisan make:model.
I want to know if my custom model is connected to the table in my database because I try to show the field using Datatables but it doesn't show the field and I don't get any error.
My model
<?php
namespace App\Modules\Hr\Models;
use App\Models\Model;
use DB;
class Employee extends Model
{
protected $table = "employee";
protected $primaryKey = "nik";
public $incrementing = false;
public $timestamps = false;
protected $fillable = [
"nik",
"employee_name",
"idaddress",
"dom_address",
"hpno",
"email",
"gender",
"npwp",
"birthdate",
"identity_no",
"join_date",
"blood_type",
"is_active",
"end_date",
"birthplace",
"postalcode",
"districts",
"propcode",
"citycode",
"religioncode",
"statuscode",
"doc_npwp",
"photo",
"doc_id",
//
];
}
My controller
public function index(){
return view([
"model" => new Employee,
]);
}
public function data(){
return Datatables::of(Employee::select("*"))->make(true);
}
My view
<table class="table table-bordered" datatable="{{ url("hr/employee/data") }}">
<thead>
<tr>
<th dt-field="nik"> {{ $model->label("nik") }} </th>
{{-- <th dt-field="unit_kind"> {{ $model->label("unit_kind") }} </th> --}}
<th dt-field="employee_name"> {{ $model->label("employee_name") }} </th>
<th dt-field="idaddress"> {{ $model->label("idaddress") }} </th>
<th dt-field="dom_address"> {{ $model->label("dom_address") }} </th>
<th dt-col="#dt-action" sort="false" search="false"> </th>
</tr>
</thead>
</table>
Is there any way to check if my model is connected to the table?

Answer 1

Laravel by default will try to find a table whose name is snake case plural name of Model class..
for e.g :- for Model "Flight" , it will look for table "flights"
however you can prevent this default approach by specifying the table_name inside the model
for e.g:- protected $table_name = "my_flights"
hope this helps