Eloquent "Query Builder" with "OR" operator neutralizes my Global Scope - Laravel

Well, it seems that your solution to add parentheses is the best workaround, but I have a suggestion how to do that slightly better way.

1. Create new class QueryBuilder. For example, in \App\Models\ namespace (app/Models/ folder):

   namespace App\Models;
   
   use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder as EloquentQueryBuilder;
   
   class QueryBuilder extends EloquentQueryBuilder {
   
     public function whereRaw($sql, $bindings = [], $boolean = 'and')
     {
       return parent::whereRaw('('.$sql.')', $bindings, $boolean);
     }
   
   }
   

2. Add this code to your BaseEloquentModel class:

   use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
   use App\Models\QueryBuilder; // <-- addition
   
   class BaseEloquentModel extends Model {
     // ...
     protected function newBaseQueryBuilder()
     {
       $connection = $this->getConnection();
   
       return new QueryBuilder(
           $connection,
           $connection->getQueryGrammar(),
           $connection->getPostProcessor()
       );
     }
     // ...
   }
   

Now, all whereRaw() calls will automatically have parentheses around query.