Answers.Body: <p>In your current code, the <code>entry</code> variable is actually an instance of <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/templating/elementcriteriamodel" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ElementCriteriaModel</a>, which is probably the reason you're getting errors.</p>
  
  <p>In order to set <code>entry</code> to an actual <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/templating/entrymodel" rel="nofollow noreferrer">EntryModel</a>, you'll need to add a call to <code>first()</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set entry = craft.entries.id(72).first() %}
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: That solves it. Thank you. But why does the other template not require me to set the entry?
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Answers.Text: I'm guessing that the other template is the _Entry Template_ for that particular Single section, in which case Craft will automatically populate the `entry` variable with the correct entry for you. Perhaps you can set the not-working template as the Entry Template for your other Single … in which case the above isn't neccessary. Just pop open the relevant Section via Settings -> Sections, and add the appropriate template path to "Entry Template" field.
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Body: <p>Now I've run into a really odd issue. I've got a hero include that is working elsewhere on the site, but on this one single it's not working at all. On a working "Single" the code is this</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% extends "_layout" %}
  
  {% block content %}
  
  
  {% include '_includes/hero'
    with {
      imageName : 'page-hero-about',
      className : 'about',
      imageAlt  : 'Photo of store front',
      findStore : false,
      leadCols  : 'col-md-6',
      leadClass : 'lead'
    }
  %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And on the other non-working single the code is this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% extends "_layout" %}
  
  {% block content %}
  
      {#{% set entry = craft.entries.id(72) %} #}
  
      {% include '_includes/hero'
        with {
            imageName : 'page-hero-mission',
            className : 'mission',
            imageAlt  : 'Teaching people to read',
            findStore : false,
            leadCols  : 'col-md-9',
            leadClass : ''
       }
  %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On the non working page if I don't set the entry id I get a variable "entry" does not exist (though this is not needed on the working single). However once I do set that I get this error <code>Object of class Craft\ElementCriteriaModel could not be converted to string</code> Have googled but can't seem to find anything.  Also the code is pretty much identical so am at a loss</p>
  
Tags: <templating><error-message><include>
Title: Template Errors with Include on Single Entry
ThreadText: # Template Errors with Include on Single Entry
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-01-18)
  
  Now I've run into a really odd issue. I've got a hero include that is working elsewhere on the site, but on this one single it's not working at all. On a working "Single" the code is this
  
  ```
  {% extends "_layout" %}
  
  {% block content %}
  
  {% include '_includes/hero'
    with {
      imageName : 'page-hero-about',
      className : 'about',
      imageAlt  : 'Photo of store front',
      findStore : false,
      leadCols  : 'col-md-6',
      leadClass : 'lead'
    }
  %}
  
  ```
  
  And on the other non-working single the code is this:
  
  ```
  {% extends "_layout" %}
  
  {% block content %}
  
      {#{% set entry = craft.entries.id(72) %} #}
  
      {% include '_includes/hero'
        with {
            imageName : 'page-hero-mission',
            className : 'mission',
            imageAlt  : 'Teaching people to read',
            findStore : false,
            leadCols  : 'col-md-9',
            leadClass : ''
       }
  %}
  
  ```
  
  On the non working page if I don't set the entry id I get a variable "entry" does not exist (though this is not needed on the working single). However once I do set that I get this error `Object of class Craft\ElementCriteriaModel could not be converted to string` Have googled but can't seem to find anything. Also the code is pretty much identical so am at a loss
  
  **Tags:** templating, error-message, include
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-01-18. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  In your current code, the `entry` variable is actually an instance of [ElementCriteriaModel](https://craftcms.com/docs/templating/elementcriteriamodel), which is probably the reason you're getting errors.
  
  In order to set `entry` to an actual [EntryModel](https://craftcms.com/docs/templating/entrymodel), you'll need to add a call to `first()`:
  
  ```
  {% set entry = craft.entries.id(72).first() %}
  ...
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: That solves it. Thank you. But why does the other template not require me to set the entry?  
  > **username_1**: I'm guessing that the other template is the _Entry Template_ for that particular Single section, in which case Craft will automatically populate the `entry` variable with the correct entry for you. Perhaps you can set the not-working template as the Entry Template for your other Single … in which case the above isn't neccessary. Just pop open the relevant Section via Settings -> Sections, and add the appropriate template path to "Entry Template" field.  
  
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