Zend_Application_Resource_Session allows you to configure Zend_Session as well as optionally initialize a session SaveHandler. To set a session save handler, simply pass the saveHandler (case insensitive) option key to the resource. The value of this option may be one of the following: String: A string indicating a class implementing Zend_Session_SaveHandler_Interface that should be instantiated. Array: An array with the keys "class" and, optionally, "options", indicating a class implementing Zend_Session_SaveHandler_Interface that should be instantiated and an array of options to provide to its constructor. Zend_Session_SaveHandler_Interface: an object implementing this interface. Any other option keys passed will be passed to Zend_Session::setOptions() to configure Zend_Session. Below is a sample INI snippet showing how to configure the session resource. It sets several Zend_Session options, as well as configures a Zend_Session_SaveHandler_DbTable instance. If you are configuring the Zend_Session_SaveHandler_DbTable session save handler, you must first configure your database connection for it to work. Do this by either using the Db resource -- and make sure the "resources.db" key comes prior to the "resources.session" key -- or by writing your own resource that initializes the database, and specifically sets the default Zend_Db_Table adapter.