代码示例。

首先:

$matchesLcl=[];

数组在这里被填充使用所需的计数/循环条件，增量:

 $matchesLcl['pos']= $request->pos;
$matchesLcl['operation']= $operation;
//+......+
$matchesLcl['somethingN']= $valueN;

更进一步，他又用了这样一种简洁的表达:

if (!empty($matchesLcl))
    $setLcl= MyModel::select(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
        ->where($matchesLcl)
        ->whereBetween('updated_at', array($newStartDate . ' 00:00:00', $newEndDate . ' 23:59:59'));
else 
    $setLcl= MyModel::select(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])
        ->whereBetween('updated_at', array($newStartDate . ' 00:00:00', $newEndDate . ' 23:59:59'));

查询作用域可以帮助您提高代码的可读性。

http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent#query-scopes

用一些例子更新这个答案:

在你的模型中，像这样创建作用域方法:

public function scopeActive($query)
{
    return $query->where('active', '=', 1);
}

public function scopeThat($query)
{
    return $query->where('that', '=', 1);
}

然后，你可以在构建查询时调用这个作用域:

$users = User::active()->that()->get();

根据我的建议，如果你正在做筛选或搜索

那么你应该选择:

        $results = User::query();
        $results->when($request->that, function ($q) use ($request) {
            $q->where('that', $request->that);
        });
        $results->when($request->this, function ($q) use ($request) {
            $q->where('this', $request->that);
        });
        $results->when($request->this_too, function ($q) use ($request) {
            $q->where('this_too', $request->that);
        });
        $results->get();

多个where子句

    $query=DB::table('users')
        ->whereRaw("users.id BETWEEN 1003 AND 1004")
        ->whereNotIn('users.id', [1005,1006,1007])
        ->whereIn('users.id',  [1008,1009,1010]);
    $query->where(function($query2) use ($value)
    {
        $query2->where('user_type', 2)
            ->orWhere('value', $value);
    });

   if ($user == 'admin'){
        $query->where('users.user_name', $user);
    }

终于得到了结果

    $result = $query->get();

你可以这样做，这是最短的方法。

    $results = User::where(['this'=>1, 
              'that'=>1, 
               'this_too'=>1, 
               'that_too'=>1, 
              'this_as_well'=>1, 
               'that_as_well'=>1, 
                'this_one_too'=>1, 
               'that_one_too'=>1, 
              'this_one_as_well'=>1,
                'that_one_as_well'=>1])->get();

一定要对子查询应用任何其他过滤器，否则or可能会收集所有记录。

$query = Activity::whereNotNull('id');
$count = 0;
foreach ($this->Reporter()->get() as $service) {
        $condition = ($count == 0) ? "where" : "orWhere";
        $query->$condition(function ($query) use ($service) {
            $query->where('branch_id', '=', $service->branch_id)
                  ->where('activity_type_id', '=', $service->activity_type_id)
                  ->whereBetween('activity_date_time', [$this->start_date, $this->end_date]);
        });
    $count++;
}
return $query->get();