Laravel Query Builder dynamic nested where/orWhere - laravel-4

Question

I hope someone can help guide me in the right direction. I am new to Laravel and far from the best php coder. I am trying to build dynamic nested where/orWhere clauses and I am stuck, and by stuck I mean I can't figure it out. The code I have so far is:
public static function runNested($rId, $current_id) {
$insidestuff = DB::table('tableName')
->select('all fields necessary')
...
->get();
$count=1;
foreach ($insidestuff as $inside)
{
$var1 = $inside->var1;
$var2 = $inside->var2;
$var3 = $inside->var3;
$var4 = $inside->var4;
if ($count == 1)
{
$outsideMet = $outsideMet->where(function($query) use ($var1, $var2, $var3, $var4, $id)
{
$query->where($var1, $var2, $var3);
$outsideMet = myClass::runNested($var4, $id);
});
} else {
$outsideMet = $outsideMet->orWhere(function($query) use ($var1, $var2, $var3, $var4, $id)
{
$query->where($var1, $var2, $var3);
$outsideMet = myClass::runNested($var4, $id);
});
}
$count++;
}
}
public static function runOutside($rId) {
$outsideQuery = DB::table('tableName')
->select('all necessary fields')
->get();
$outsideMet = dbTable::select('*');
$outsideMet = $outsideMet->leftJoin('necessary fields');
$outsideCount=1;
foreach ($oursideQuery as $oQuery)
{
$oVar1 = $oQuery->oVar1;
$oVar2 = $oQuery->oVar2;
$oVar3 = $oQuery->oVar3;
$oVar4 = $oVar4;
$oVar5 = $oQuery->oVar5;
if ($outsideCount == 1)
{
$outsideMet = $outsideMet->where(function($query) use ($oVar1, $oVar2, $oVar3, $oVar4, $oVar5)
{
$query->where($oVar1, $oVar2, $oVar3);
$outsideMet = myClass::runNested($oVar4, $oVar5);
});
} else {
$outsideMet = $outsideMet->orWhere(function($query) use ($oVar1, $oVar2, $oVar3, $oVar4, $oVar5)
{
$query->where($oVar1, $oVar2, $oVar3);
$outsideMet = myClass::runNested($oVar4, $oVar5);
});
}
$outsideCount++;
}
$outsideMet = $outsideMet->count();
I hope someone can tell me how to do this properly, and if the above code is even close, what I am doing wrong. Thank you in advance for the help and guidance.