Automatically detect eloquent table names.

laravel/database/eloquent/model.php

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?php namespace Laravel\Database\Eloquent;
 
+use Laravel\Str;
 use Laravel\Database;
 use Laravel\Database\Eloquent\Relationships\Has_Many_And_Belongs_To;
 
@@ -418,6 +419,16 @@ abstract class Model {
 		return ! $this->exists or $this->original !== $this->attributes;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the name of the table associated with the model.
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function table()
+	{
+		return static::$table ?: strtolower(Str::plural(basename(get_class($this))));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Get the dirty attributes for the model.
 	 *