Create pivot table from artisan

A typical pivot table does not require a Model; you only need a migration, e.g.

php artisan make:migration create_role_user_table

By convention, Laravel expects the related model names in alphabetical order (you can break with this convention if your prefer). A typical pivot table would just have the foreign keys:

public function up()
{
        Schema::create('role_user', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->unsignedInteger('user_id');
            $table->unsignedInteger('role_id');
        });
}

That's not entirely accurate, it should have the reference to the original tables as well.

public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('account_tag', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->integer('account_id')->unsigned()->index();
            $table->foreign('account_id')->references('id')->on('accounts')->onDelete('cascade');

            $table->integer('tag_id')->unsigned()->index();
            $table->foreign('tag_id')->references('id')->on('tags')->onDelete('cascade');

            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

The command you refer to is an additional package: https://github.com/laracasts/Laravel-5-Generators-Extended.

Due to the order of table creation...you may have to add the foreign keys after all tables are created...via an add_foreign_keys_to_pivot_table migration.

actually , you can create your model and linked it your pivot table by " using " instruction

class Subject extends Model { public function users() { return $this->belongsToMany('App\User') ->using('App\UserSubject'); } }