Laravel scope with binding

SomeModel.php

<?php

class SomeModel extends Eloquent
{
  public function scopeSomething(Builder $query, $something)
  {
    // This will properly set up a binding
    return $query->where('something', $something);
  }
  
  public function scopeSomethingAndOr(Builder $query, $something, $connector)
  {
    if ($connector == 'and') {
      return $query->where('something', $something);
    } else {
      return $query->orWhere('something', $something);
    }
    // Really, you can shorten this to the following:
    // return $query->where('something', '=', $something, $connector)
  }
}

Additionally, if I mix a scope like the one above with another one as simple as return $query->where('search_type', 'proximity');, the mixed named and positional parameters error returns.

Hmm, whereRaw accepts a second parameter called bindings: https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/c858d541b1a05c3a13734c17f5d9e69fe6e1502b/src/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.php#L564

You should try that (with numeric indices and question marks as placeholders, yes).