laravel model and table naming with underscore - php

Question

I am trying to create model named CustomDataStore (models/custom_data_store.php) and it is extending Eloquent, so table is named as custom_data_stores, but it gives me error.
Eloquent wants table named customdatastores. Of course I can set manually table name, but how can I set such name automatically?

Answer 1

For it to be made automatically your model would have to be in models/custom/data/store.php
class Custom_Data_Store extends Eloquent
{
}

Answer 2

I have noticed that laravel's eloquent can't really "see" if there are underscores on the model's filename. I'm not really sure what's happening inside (still a newbie), but this is only based on my observation..
what I did was
I have two different models, named tblReport_date.php and tblReportdate.php, both have the same codes except that they are pointed at different tables.
tblReportdate.php code:
<?php
use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
class tblReportdate extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface
{
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $table = 'tblClients';
...rest of the codes...
tblReport_date.php code:
<?php
use Illuminate\Auth\UserInterface;
use Illuminate\Auth\Reminders\RemindableInterface;
class tblReportdate extends Eloquent implements UserInterface, RemindableInterface
{
/**
* The database table used by the model.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $table = 'tblReport_date';
...rest of the codes...
on the controller, I have this code
$db = tblReportdate::all();
return View::make('db.index')->with('db', $db);
the result is that it will only load tblReportdate.php and not tblReport_date.php
I tried extracting tblReport_date.php alone and tested it.. it always returns an error, regardless of the class name, etc..and IDK why. If someone can explain this pls comment it out.. anyways, just avoid putting underscores on filenames XD