Cakephp - how to make error pages have its own layouts?

Question

I wanna have a different layout for the page not found 404 page. How can i set a different layout for that page?

Answer 1

better to create an error.php file in your app folder

class AppError extends ErrorHandler { 
    function error404($params) { 
            $this->controller->layout = 'error'; 
            parent::error404($params); 
    } 
}

so you can avoid the if-testing at EVERY page render that savants' solution introduces