Get content of single by slug

Question

I'm trying to get the content of a single using a slug from the url. I'm using the following code:

{% set item = craft.entries.slug(craft.request.getSegment(1)).first() %}

This doesn't work, returns null, if there is a dash in segment 1.

For example if I have the following url: http://craft.dev/this-is-a-segment/segment2 And in craftcms I have a single with title "This is a segment" and url "this-is-a-segment" I can't get the content of that single.

If I change the slug to camelcase it does work, but I was under the impression that slug and section handle were two different things...

Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

Answer 1

Singles have no need for slugs, which is why we don't expose them in the CP UI for a single.

They only have one in the database because they're technically entries, and entries need slugs. But it's only a concept meant for Channel and Structure entries.

Answer 2

I don't think that either the single's uri or the handle is technically considered a slug per se, although in the case of singles craft likely interprets the handle as such. A more appropriate way to access a single would be by using its section handle.

(updated)

{% if craft.request.getSegment(1) == "this-is-a-segment" %}
    {% set item = craft.entries.section('mySectionHandle').first() %}
{% endif %}