changing the table name with a variable

maybe in principle ..along the lines .no clue if its going to work

Code:

class UserModel extends Model
{
    protected $table ;


public function setTableName($parameter)
    {
        $this->table= $parameter;
    }

controller

Code:

$handle = new UserModel();
$handle->setTableName('sometable');
$handle->someOtherModelMethod();
//maybe use a getter method

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