It would be nice if Zend_Config_Writer would skip section names if instructed to do so. I am using Zend_Config_Ini for my testing, development and staging environments but I create a single Zend_Config (array) for use in my production environment. The change is really simple, write() should have an extra parameter: and instead of just checking if section name is a string we could check for the $useSectionNames as well: If it will help I can provide patch files for these changes.