Laravel 4: query builder advanced where

Question

I am trying to do a function for auto generating query with advanced where for search function.

Here is my example code:

$query->where(function($thisquery){
    $datacolumn = DB::select('SHOW COLUMNS FROM '.mysql_real_escape_string($tablename));
    for($i=0;$i<sizeof($datacolumn);$i++){
        $field = $datacolumn[$i]->Field;
        $thisquery->orWhere($field,'like','%'.$keyword.'%');
    }
});

The problem is how can I pass variables into the function?

Answer 1

Use the use keyword

$query->where(function($thisquery) use ($yourVariable, $yourVariable2) {

});