Object values not being passed - mysql

Question

I am using Laravel 5.6 and having an issue passing data to my blade file.
BlogController:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Mail\Practice;
use App\Mail\Mailable;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use App\Post;
use Session;
class BlogController extends Controller
{
public function getSingle($slug){
// Fetch from the DB based on Slug --first stops after one, get pulls everything
$post = Post::where('slug', '=', $slug)->first();
print_r($slug);
// return the view and pass in the post object
return view('blog.single')->withPost($post);
}
}
single.blade.php:
#extends('main')
#section('title', "| $post->title")
#section('content')
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
<h1>{{ $post->title}}</h1>
<p>{{ $post->body }}</p>
</div>
#stop
I verified the name and spelling in the DB (MySQL.) If I dd($slug) or print_r($slug) the results are correct.
However, if I do the same but use $title or $body it returns the error
Trying to get property of non-object (View: /Users/jesseburger/myproject/resources/views/blog/single.blade.php)
I have been able to verify its pulling an empty array by using print_r($post) but can't figure out why.
print_r($post) yields:
Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection Object ( [items:protected] => Array ( ) )
Current route:
Route::get('blog/{slug}', [
'as' => 'blog.single',
'uses' => 'BlogController#getSingle'
])->where('slug', '[\w\d\-\_]+');

Answer 1

Your return statement is incorrect, you need to change this line:
return view('blog.single')->withPost($post);
To this, it should resolve your issue.
return view('blog.single')->with('post', $post);

Answer 2

First you are debugging your slug not your post. Try to debug your post to see if it was found. You are getting that error because the post doesn't exist at all. Abort if it doesn't exist.
if(!$post){
abort(404);
}