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();

$variable = array('this' => 1,
                    'that' => 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);

foreach ($variable as $key => $value) {
    User::where($key, '=', $value);
}

在这种情况下，你可以使用这样的代码:

User::where('this', '=', 1)
    ->whereNotNull('created_at')
    ->whereNotNull('updated_at')
    ->where(function($query){
        return $query
        ->whereNull('alias')
        ->orWhere('alias', '=', 'admin');
    });

它应该为你提供这样的查询:

SELECT * FROM `user` 
WHERE `user`.`this` = 1 
    AND `user`.`created_at` IS NOT NULL 
    AND `user`.`updated_at` IS NOT NULL 
    AND (`alias` IS NULL OR `alias` = 'admin')

使用Eloquent很容易创建多个where检查:

首先:(使用简单的where)

$users = User::where('name', $request['name'])
    ->where('surname', $request['surname'])
    ->where('address', $request['address'])
    ...
    ->get();

第二个:(在数组中分组where)

$users = User::where([
    ['name', $request['name']],
    ['surname', $request['surname']],
    ['address', $request['address']],
    ...
])->get();

你也可以在里面使用条件(=，<>，等等)，就像这样:

$users = User::where('name', '=', $request['name'])
    ->where('surname', '=', $request['surname'])
    ->where('address', '<>', $request['address'])
    ...
    ->get();

使用Array的条件:

$users = User::where([
       'column1' => value1,
       'column2' => value2,
       'column3' => value3
])->get();

将产生如下查询:

SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE column1 = value1 and column2 = value2 and column3 = value3

使用匿名函数的条件:

$users = User::where('column1', '=', value1)
               ->where(function($query) use ($variable1,$variable2){
                    $query->where('column2','=',$variable1)
                   ->orWhere('column3','=',$variable2);
               })
              ->where(function($query2) use ($variable1,$variable2){
                    $query2->where('column4','=',$variable1)
                   ->where('column5','=',$variable2);
              })->get();

将产生如下查询:

SELECT * FROM TABLE WHERE column1 = value1 and (column2 = value2 or column3 = value3) and (column4 = value4 and column5 = value5)