returning multiple variables to view - laravel

Question

So I am new to Laravel.
I know how to pass an array to a view. I am trying to alter that basic concept by passing other variable to the view as well.
Here is my route:
Route::get('sites', function()
{
$thosting = DB::table('sites')
->select(DB::raw('sum(hosting_fee) as thosting'))
->where('active', True)
->get();
$tdomain = DB::table('sites')
->select(DB::raw('sum(domain_fee) as tdomain'))
->where('active', True)
->get();
$atotal = $thosting + $tdomain;
$sites = Site::where('active', True)->orderBy('updated_at', 'DESC')->get();
return View::make('sites')
->with('sites', $sites)
->with('thosting', $thosting)
->with('tdomain', $tdomain)
->with('atotal', $atotal);
//var_dump($sites);
});
here is view sites.blade.php
#extends('layouts.master')
#section('content')
<div class="container well">
<table class="table-condensed">
<th>Annual Hosting</th><th>Annual Domain Name</th><th>Total Annual Income</th>
<tr>
<td>{{ thosting }}</td>
<td>{{ tdomain }}</td>
<td>{{ atotal }}</td>
</tr>
</table>
<h1>Hosting Accounts - Nearest to expiration </h1>
#foreach($sites as $site)
<p>{{ $site->host_renewal_date }} - {{$site->site}}</p>
#endforeach
#stop
</div>
The $site->Id etc displays a list of sites, as expected. but the 3 new variables I passed, thosting, tdomain and atotal, cause an error when I try to display them like {{ thosting }. The error is ErrorException, defined (E_unknown)
Use of undefined constant thosting - assumed 'thosting' (View: C:\Users\myname\Desktop\websites\laravel\first\app\views\sites.blade.php)
I assume I am not accessing the variables right I tried
echo thosting
that did not work either. The docs does not address returning multiple variables or not array variables. Any help from a seasoned vet is appreciated. In the end, all im trying to figure out is how to return to the view data from several DB queries.
thanks

Answer 1

You need to use $ in PHP variables also inside Blade views, otherwise it will try to find a constant. So just change to
<td>{{ $thosting }}</td>
<td>{{ $tdomain }}</td>
<td>{{ $atotal }}</td>

Answer 2

OK thanks everyone. This is what I finally got to work:
{{ $thosting[0]->thosting }}
Print_r gave me the clue that there was a property name for the object, and since i had 'sum(hosting_fee) as thosting'. I tried to point to thosting(the AS name) and it worked. After all it is an array. Great learning experience.
Would be nice if there was a way to add all these learning examples to the Laravel documentation, which only has several examples of what is possible with a lot left out.
thanks all.