Parameterized query binding in ON clause for a LEFT JOIN in Laravel Eloquent / Query Builder

Question

Let\'s say I want to show a full list of awards with type=\"color\":

Awards        Type     2013 Winner
======        ====     ===========
Blue Award    colo         


        

Answer 1

Here's an odd work-around (didn't want to extend the Builder and JoinClause classes):
Notice: This will break query chaining with -> so notice the where was seperated below.

$query = DB::table('awards')
         ->leftJoin('winners', function($join)
               {
                    $join->on('awards.id','=','winners.award_id');
                    $join->on('winners.year','=',DB::raw('?'));  
               }
         ->setBindings(array_merge($query->getBindings(),array($year)));

$query->where('awards.type','color');

$awards = $query->get();

UPDATE: Taylor added joinWhere, leftJoinWhere... he says that "if you have a function join just use ->where and ->orWhere from within the Closure." I've yet to try this though.