Multi table inheritance in Laravel - laravel

Question

I want just a simple example on how to have multi tables in database using Eloquent, for example :
I have a Model "Person", and there is 2 classes extending from this Model : Student and Teacher, and in database I don't want to have one table (persons), I want to have 2 tables (students and teachers).
How this is possible in Laravel (Eloquent), give me just the code of the three classes (Person, Student and Teacher).
Thanks a lot :)

Answer 1

Not tested but should work:
Docs
Person.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Person extends Model {
// ...
}
Student.php
<?php
namespace App;
class Student extends Person {
$table = 'students';
// ...
}
Teacher.php
<?php
namespace App;
class Teacher extends Person {
$table = 'teachers';
// ...
}
Migrations
You can create the desired migrations as usual with php artisan make:migration create_students_table --create=students. Then migrate with php artisan migrate
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
class CreateStudentsTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('students', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('name');
// ...
$table->timestamps();
$table->softDeletes();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('students');
}
}
EDIT
I don't know the background but maybe a trait is the better alternative.