Cake\ORM\Table::table PHP Method

    public function table($table = null)
    {
        if ($table !== null) {
            $this->_table = $table;
        }
        if ($this->_table === null) {
            $table = namespaceSplit(get_class($this));
            $table = substr(end($table), 0, -5);
            if (empty($table)) {
                $table = $this->alias();
            }
            $this->_table = Inflector::underscore($table);
        }
        return $this->_table;
    }

 /**
  * Generates a SQL sub-query for replacing in ORDER BY clause.
  *
  * @param string $column Name of the column being replaced by this sub-query
  * @param string|null $bundle Consider attributes only for a specific bundle
  * @return string SQL sub-query statement
  */
 protected function _subQuery($column, $bundle = null)
 {
     $alias = $this->_table->alias();
     $pk = $this->_table->primaryKey();
     $type = $this->_toolbox->getType($column);
     $subConditions = ['EavAttribute.table_alias' => $this->_table->table(), 'EavValues.entity_id' => "{$alias}.{$pk}", 'EavAttribute.name' => $column];
     if (!empty($bundle)) {
         $subConditions['EavAttribute.bundle'] = $bundle;
     }
     $subQuery = TableRegistry::get('Eav.EavValues')->find()->contain(['EavAttribute'])->select(["EavValues.value_{$type}"])->where($subConditions)->sql();
     return str_replace([':c0', ':c1', ':c2', ':c3'], ['"' . $this->_table->table() . '"', "{$alias}.{$pk}", '"' . $column . '"', '"' . $bundle . '"'], $subQuery);
 }