Laravel Advanced Wheres how to pass variable into function?

You can pass the necessary variables from the parent scope into the closure with the use keyword.

For example:

DB::table('users')->where(function ($query) use ($activated) {
    $query->where('activated', '=', $activated);
})->get();

More on that here.

EDIT (2019 update):

PHP 7.4 (will be released at November 28, 2019) introduces a shorter variation of the anonymous functions called arrow functions which makes this a bit less verbose.

An example using PHP 7.4 which is functionally nearly equivalent (see the 3rd bullet point below):

DB::table('users')->where(fn($query) => $query->where('activated', '=', $activated))->get();

Differences compared to the regular syntax:

• fn keyword instead of function.
• No need to explicitly list all variables which should be captured from the parent scope - this is now done automatically by-value. See the lack of use keyword in the latter example.
• Arrow functions always return a value. This also means that it's impossible to use void return type when declaring them.
• The return keyword must be omitted.
• Arrow functions must have a single expression which is the return statement. Multi-line functions aren't supported at the moment. You can still chain methods though.

@kajetons' answer is fully functional.

You can also pass multiple variables by passing them like: use($var1, $var2)

DB::table('users')->where(function ($query) use ($activated,$var2) {
    $query->where('activated', '=', $activated);
    $query->where('var2', '>', $var2);
})->get();