orWhereHas - parameter grouping on Eloquent query - how do I do this in Laravel?

Question

In an eloquent query I am building, I am placing a constraint on a has relationship using Laravel 4.1\'s whereHas and orWhereHas metho

Answer 1

You need to reference the query passed through to the where closure. Otherwise you are adding the grouped where clauses to the main query bypassing any groupings:

$ret
->where( function( $query ){
    $query->whereHas('homeClub', function ( $subquery ){
        $subquery->where('name','Arsenal' );
    })
    ->orWhereHas('awayClub',function ( $subquery ){
        $subquery->where('name','Arsenal' );
    });
})
->where( function ( $query ) use ( $parameterValues ){
    $query->whereHas('season', function ($subquery) use ( $parameterValues ){
        $subquery->where('name', $parameterValues['season_names'] );
    });
})
->whereHas('territory',function( $query ) use ( $parameterValues ){     
    $query->where('region','Australia');
})
->get();