How does a Model know what migration it is associated with?

I apologize for the noob question. I am coming from the frontend and trying to improve my development skills by learning the backend. I am fairly new to PHP. I am having a hard time understanding how a Model knows which Migration it is associated with and vice versa? For example, how does a Model class know what table to write data to?

Solution

You might want to check the Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model class:

// Copied from the framework.
namespace Illuminate\Database\Eloquent;

abstract class Model implements Arrayable, ArrayAccess, Jsonable, JsonSerializable, QueueableEntity, UrlRoutable
{

    /**
     * The table associated with the model.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $table;

    /**
     * Get the table associated with the model.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getTable()
    {
        return $this->table ?? Str::snake(Str::pluralStudly(class_basename($this)));
    }
}

So if the $table instance variable is not set, the database table name to interact with will be calculated using the class name.