How to define a new Eloquent model in Laravel?

To define a new Eloquent model in Laravel, you need to follow these steps:

Open your Laravel project in your preferred code editor.
In your project's "app" directory, locate the "Models" folder. If it doesn't exist, create a new folder named "Models".
Inside the "Models" folder, create a new PHP file with a name that matches the desired name of your model, for example, "User.php".
Open the newly created PHP file and define your model class by extending the base "Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model" class. For example:

<?php

namespace App\Models;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class User extends Model
{
    // ...
}

Inside the model class, you can define various properties and methods as per your requirements.
By default, Laravel assumes that your table name is the plural form of your class name (e.g., "users" for the "User" model). If your table name differs, you can specify it by adding a protected "$table" property in your model class. For example:

protected $table = 'my_users_table';

Your new Eloquent model is now defined and can be used to interact with the corresponding table in your database.