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:

 
public function write($filename = null, Zend_Config $config = null, $exclusiveLock = null, $useSectionName = true)

and instead of just checking if section name is a string

 
        if (is_string($sectionName)) {
            $data = array($sectionName => $data);
        }

we could check for the $useSectionNames as well:

 
        if (($useSectionName) && (is_string($sectionName))) {
            $data = array($sectionName => $data);
        }

If it will help I can provide patch files for these changes.