diff --git a/src/Config.php b/src/Config.php
index c43bc50..50a88d6 100644
--- a/src/Config.php
+++ b/src/Config.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config;
@@ -21,9 +20,6 @@
  *
  * Implements Countable, Iterator and ArrayAccess
  * to facilitate easy access to the data.
- *
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
  */
 class Config implements Countable, Iterator, ArrayAccess
 {
diff --git a/src/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php b/src/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
index 3c6a686..92272f8 100644
--- a/src/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
+++ b/src/Exception/ExceptionInterface.php
@@ -5,15 +5,9 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Exception
- */
 interface ExceptionInterface
 {}
diff --git a/src/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php b/src/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
index 7670f0e..0d15e1f 100644
--- a/src/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
+++ b/src/Exception/InvalidArgumentException.php
@@ -5,15 +5,9 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Exception
- */
 class InvalidArgumentException extends \InvalidArgumentException implements ExceptionInterface
 {}
diff --git a/src/Exception/RuntimeException.php b/src/Exception/RuntimeException.php
index 31dc090..d91923c 100644
--- a/src/Exception/RuntimeException.php
+++ b/src/Exception/RuntimeException.php
@@ -5,15 +5,9 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Exception
- */
 class RuntimeException extends \RuntimeException implements ExceptionInterface
 {}
diff --git a/src/Factory.php b/src/Factory.php
index 825f071..8639171 100644
--- a/src/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Factory.php
@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config;
 
 use Zend\Stdlib\ArrayUtils;
 
-/**
- * @category  Zend
- * @package   Zend_Config
- */
 class Factory
 {
     /**
@@ -25,6 +20,13 @@ class Factory
      */
     public static $readers = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Plugin manager for loading writers
+     *
+     * @var null|WriterPluginManager
+     */
+    public static $writers = null;
+
     /**
      * Registered config file extensions.
      * key is extension, value is reader instance or plugin name
@@ -38,6 +40,19 @@ class Factory
         'yaml' => 'yaml',
     );
 
+    /**
+     * Register config file extensions for writing
+     * key is extension, value is writer instance or plugin name
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected static $writerExtensions = array(
+        'php'  => 'php',
+        'ini'  => 'ini',
+        'json' => 'json',
+        'xml'  => 'xml',
+        'yaml' => 'yaml',
+    );
 
     /**
      * Read a config from a file.
@@ -107,10 +122,67 @@ public static function fromFiles(array $files, $returnConfigObject = false)
         return ($returnConfigObject) ? new Config($config) : $config;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Writes a config to a file
+     *
+     * @param string $filename
+     * @param array|Config $config
+     * @return boolean TRUE on success | FALSE on failure
+     * @throws Exception\RuntimeException
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public static function toFile($filename, $config)
+    {
+        if (
+            (is_object($config) && !($config instanceOf Config)) ||
+            (!is_object($config) && !is_array($config))
+        ) {
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(
+                __METHOD__." \$config should be an array or instance of Zend\\Config\\Config"
+            );
+        }
+
+        $extension          = substr(strrchr($filename, '.'), 1);
+        $directory          = dirname($filename);
+
+        if (!is_dir($directory)) {
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException(
+                "Directory '{$directory}' does not exists!"
+            );
+        }
+
+        if (!is_writable($directory)) {
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException(
+                "Cannot write in directory '{$directory}'"
+            );
+        }
+
+        if(!isset(self::$writerExtensions[$extension])) {
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException(
+                "Unsupported config file extension: '.{$extension}' for writing."
+            );
+        }
+
+        $writer = self::$writerExtensions[$extension];
+        if (($writer instanceOf Writer\AbstractWriter) === false) {
+            $writer = self::getWriterPluginManager()->get($writer);
+            self::$writerExtensions[$extension] = $writer;
+        }
+
+        if (is_object($config)) {
+            $config = $config->toArray();
+        }
+
+        $content = $writer->processConfig($config);
+
+        return (bool) (file_put_contents($filename, $content) !== false);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set reader plugin manager
      *
      * @param ReaderPluginManager $readers
+     * @return void
      */
     public static function setReaderPluginManager(ReaderPluginManager $readers)
     {
@@ -130,12 +202,38 @@ public static function getReaderPluginManager()
         return static::$readers;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set writer plugin manager
+     *
+     * @param WriterPluginManager $writers
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public static function setWriterPluginManager(WriterPluginManager $writers)
+    {
+        self::$writers = $writers;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the writer plugin manager
+     *
+     * @return WriterPluginManager
+     */
+    public static function getWriterPluginManager()
+    {
+        if (static::$writers === null) {
+            static::$writers = new WriterPluginManager();
+        }
+
+        return static::$writers;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set config reader for file extension
      *
      * @param  string $extension
      * @param  string|Reader\ReaderInterface $reader
      * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     * @return void
      */
     public static function registerReader($extension, $reader)
     {
@@ -152,4 +250,28 @@ public static function registerReader($extension, $reader)
 
         static::$extensions[$extension] = $reader;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Set config writer for file extension
+     *
+     * @param string $extension
+     * @param string|Writer\AbstractWriter $writer
+     * @throw Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public static function registerWriter($extension, $writer)
+    {
+        $extension = strtolower($extension);
+
+        if (!is_string($writer) && !$writer instanceof Writer\AbstractWriter) {
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'Writer should be plugin name, class name or ' .
+                'instance of %s\Writer\AbstractWriter; received "%s"',
+                __NAMESPACE__,
+                (is_object($writer) ? get_class($writer) : gettype($writer))
+            ));
+        }
+
+        self::$writerExtensions[$extension] = $writer;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Processor/Constant.php b/src/Processor/Constant.php
index afea89f..265c937 100644
--- a/src/Processor/Constant.php
+++ b/src/Processor/Constant.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Processor;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Processor
- */
 class Constant extends Token implements ProcessorInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Processor/Filter.php b/src/Processor/Filter.php
index 0d4696a..7740a26 100644
--- a/src/Processor/Filter.php
+++ b/src/Processor/Filter.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Processor;
@@ -14,11 +13,6 @@
 use Zend\Config\Exception;
 use Zend\Filter\FilterInterface as ZendFilter;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Processor
- */
 class Filter implements ProcessorInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Processor/ProcessorInterface.php b/src/Processor/ProcessorInterface.php
index 9ddbe15..aafe099 100644
--- a/src/Processor/ProcessorInterface.php
+++ b/src/Processor/ProcessorInterface.php
@@ -5,18 +5,12 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Processor;
 
 use Zend\Config\Config;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Processor
- */
 interface ProcessorInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Processor/Queue.php b/src/Processor/Queue.php
index 8674346..386e251 100644
--- a/src/Processor/Queue.php
+++ b/src/Processor/Queue.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Processor;
@@ -14,11 +13,6 @@
 use Zend\Config\Exception;
 use Zend\Stdlib\PriorityQueue;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Processor
- */
 class Queue extends PriorityQueue implements ProcessorInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Processor/Token.php b/src/Processor/Token.php
index 42e620c..fb85b53 100644
--- a/src/Processor/Token.php
+++ b/src/Processor/Token.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Processor;
@@ -14,11 +13,6 @@
 use Zend\Config\Config;
 use Zend\Config\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Processor
- */
 class Token implements ProcessorInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Processor/Translator.php b/src/Processor/Translator.php
index bf272a8..db9691d 100644
--- a/src/Processor/Translator.php
+++ b/src/Processor/Translator.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Processor;
@@ -14,11 +13,6 @@
 use Zend\Config\Exception;
 use Zend\I18n\Translator\Translator as ZendTranslator;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Processor
- */
 class Translator implements ProcessorInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Reader/Ini.php b/src/Reader/Ini.php
index ffb31a8..3b4ea76 100644
--- a/src/Reader/Ini.php
+++ b/src/Reader/Ini.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Reader;
@@ -14,10 +13,6 @@
 
 /**
  * XML config reader.
- *
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Reader
  */
 class Ini implements ReaderInterface
 {
diff --git a/src/Reader/Json.php b/src/Reader/Json.php
index ec8e416..3166e6b 100644
--- a/src/Reader/Json.php
+++ b/src/Reader/Json.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Reader;
@@ -16,10 +15,6 @@
 
 /**
  * JSON config reader.
- *
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Reader
  */
 class Json implements ReaderInterface
 {
diff --git a/src/Reader/ReaderInterface.php b/src/Reader/ReaderInterface.php
index 55d76a9..9061c57 100644
--- a/src/Reader/ReaderInterface.php
+++ b/src/Reader/ReaderInterface.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Reader;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Reader
- */
 interface ReaderInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Reader/Xml.php b/src/Reader/Xml.php
index 24ccd10..ad81764 100644
--- a/src/Reader/Xml.php
+++ b/src/Reader/Xml.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Reader;
@@ -15,10 +14,6 @@
 
 /**
  * XML config reader.
- *
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Reader
  */
 class Xml implements ReaderInterface
 {
diff --git a/src/Reader/Yaml.php b/src/Reader/Yaml.php
index 057f944..9ccbb96 100644
--- a/src/Reader/Yaml.php
+++ b/src/Reader/Yaml.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Reader;
@@ -14,10 +13,6 @@
 
 /**
  * YAML config reader.
- *
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Reader
  */
 class Yaml implements ReaderInterface
 {
diff --git a/src/ReaderPluginManager.php b/src/ReaderPluginManager.php
index 112c2ee..8b0a3ee 100644
--- a/src/ReaderPluginManager.php
+++ b/src/ReaderPluginManager.php
@@ -5,17 +5,12 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config;
 
 use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- */
 class ReaderPluginManager extends AbstractPluginManager
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Writer/AbstractWriter.php b/src/Writer/AbstractWriter.php
index be48c21..881eb75 100644
--- a/src/Writer/AbstractWriter.php
+++ b/src/Writer/AbstractWriter.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Writer;
@@ -14,11 +13,6 @@
 use Zend\Config\Exception;
 use Zend\Stdlib\ArrayUtils;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Writer
- */
 abstract class AbstractWriter implements WriterInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Writer/Ini.php b/src/Writer/Ini.php
index a516f11..c8a16c7 100644
--- a/src/Writer/Ini.php
+++ b/src/Writer/Ini.php
@@ -5,18 +5,12 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Writer;
 
 use Zend\Config\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Writer
- */
 class Ini extends AbstractWriter
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Writer/Json.php b/src/Writer/Json.php
index 759d7c5..4048ee8 100644
--- a/src/Writer/Json.php
+++ b/src/Writer/Json.php
@@ -5,18 +5,12 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Writer;
 
 use Zend\Json\Json as JsonFormat;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Writer
- */
 class Json extends AbstractWriter
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Writer/PhpArray.php b/src/Writer/PhpArray.php
index 1e8a833..478a006 100644
--- a/src/Writer/PhpArray.php
+++ b/src/Writer/PhpArray.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Writer;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Writer
- */
 class PhpArray extends AbstractWriter
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Writer/WriterInterface.php b/src/Writer/WriterInterface.php
index 755d3dd..d121b88 100644
--- a/src/Writer/WriterInterface.php
+++ b/src/Writer/WriterInterface.php
@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Writer;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Writer
- */
 interface WriterInterface
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Writer/Xml.php b/src/Writer/Xml.php
index 42e93d2..41a5ca5 100644
--- a/src/Writer/Xml.php
+++ b/src/Writer/Xml.php
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Writer;
@@ -13,11 +12,6 @@
 use XMLWriter;
 use Zend\Config\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Writer
- */
 class Xml extends AbstractWriter
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/Writer/Yaml.php b/src/Writer/Yaml.php
index 55e88d4..be2aa07 100644
--- a/src/Writer/Yaml.php
+++ b/src/Writer/Yaml.php
@@ -5,18 +5,12 @@
  * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
  * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
- * @package   Zend_Config
  */
 
 namespace Zend\Config\Writer;
 
 use Zend\Config\Exception;
 
-/**
- * @category   Zend
- * @package    Zend_Config
- * @subpackage Writer
- */
 class Yaml extends AbstractWriter
 {
     /**
diff --git a/src/WriterPluginManager.php b/src/WriterPluginManager.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..35717f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WriterPluginManager.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+namespace Zend\Config;
+
+use Zend\ServiceManager\AbstractPluginManager;
+
+class WriterPluginManager extends AbstractPluginManager
+{
+    protected $invokableClasses = array(
+        'php'  => 'Zend\Config\Writer\PhpArray',
+        'ini'  => 'Zend\Config\Writer\Ini',
+        'json' => 'Zend\Config\Writer\Json',
+        'yaml' => 'Zend\Config\Writer\Yaml',
+        'xml'  => 'Zend\Config\Writer\Xml',
+    );
+
+    public function validatePlugin($plugin)
+    {
+        if ($plugin instanceOf Writer\AbstractWriter) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $type = is_object($plugin) ? get_class($plugin) : gettype($plugin);
+
+        throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(
+            "Plugin of type {$type} is invalid. Plugin must extend ".
+                __NAMESPACE__.'\Writer\AbstractWriter'
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/FactoryTest.php b/test/FactoryTest.php
index b78abe2..ee70b8e 100644
--- a/test/FactoryTest.php
+++ b/test/FactoryTest.php
@@ -20,6 +20,28 @@
  */
 class FactoryTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
 {
+    protected $tmpFiles = array();
+
+    protected function getTestAssetFileName($ext)
+    {
+        if (empty($this->tmpfiles[$ext])) {
+            $this->tmpfiles[$ext] = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'zend-config-writer').'.'.$ext;
+        }
+        return $this->tmpfiles[$ext];
+    }
+
+    public function tearDown()
+    {
+        foreach($this->tmpFiles as $file) {
+            if (file_exists($file)) {
+                if (!is_writable($file)) {
+                    chmod($file, 0777);
+                }
+                @unlink($file);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testFromIni()
     {
         $config = Factory::fromFile(__DIR__ . '/TestAssets/Ini/include-base.ini');
@@ -125,7 +147,7 @@ public function testFactoryCanRegisterCustomReaderInstance()
         $this->assertEquals($configObject['one'], 1);
     }
 
-    public function testFactoryCanRegisterCustomReaderPlugn()
+    public function testFactoryCanRegisterCustomReaderPlugin()
     {
         $dummyReader = new Reader\TestAssets\DummyReader();
         Factory::getReaderPluginManager()->setService('DummyReader', $dummyReader);
@@ -138,5 +160,73 @@ public function testFactoryCanRegisterCustomReaderPlugn()
         $this->assertEquals($configObject['one'], 1);
     }
 
+    public function testFactoryToFileInvalidFileExtension()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('RuntimeException');
+        $result = Factory::toFile(__DIR__.'/TestAssets/bad.ext', array());
+    }
+
+    public function testFactoryToFileNoDirInHere()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('RuntimeException');
+        $result = Factory::toFile(__DIR__.'/TestAssets/NoDirInHere/nonExisiting/dummy.php', array());
+    }
+
+    public function testFactoryWriteToFile()
+    {
+        $config = array('test' => 'foo', 'bar' => array(0 => 'baz', 1 => 'foo'));
+
+        $file = $this->getTestAssetFileName('php');
+        $result = Factory::toFile($file, $config);
+
+        // build string line by line as we are trailing-whitespace sensitive.
+        $expected = "<?php\n";
+        $expected .= "return array (\n";
+        $expected .= "  'test' => 'foo',\n";
+        $expected .= "  'bar' => \n";
+        $expected .= "  array (\n";
+        $expected .= "    0 => 'baz',\n";
+        $expected .= "    1 => 'foo',\n";
+        $expected .= "  ),\n";
+        $expected .= ");\n";
+
+        $this->assertEquals(true, $result);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, file_get_contents($file));
+    }
+
+    public function testFactoryToFileWrongConfig()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('InvalidArgumentException');
+        $result = Factory::toFile('test.ini', 'Im wrong');
+    }
+
+    public function testFactoryRegisterInvalidWriter()
+    {
+        $this->setExpectedException('InvalidArgumentException');
+        Factory::registerWriter('dum', new Reader\TestAssets\DummyReader());
+    }
+
+    public function testFactoryCanRegisterCustomWriterInstance()
+    {
+        Factory::registerWriter('dum', new Writer\TestAssets\DummyWriter());
+
+        $file = $this->getTestAssetFileName('dum');
 
+        $res = Factory::toFile($file, array('one' => 1));
+
+        $this->assertEquals($res, true);
+    }
+
+    public function testFactoryCanRegisterCustomWriterPlugin()
+    {
+        $dummyWriter = new Writer\TestAssets\DummyWriter();
+        Factory::getWriterPluginManager()->setService('DummyWriter', $dummyWriter);
+
+        Factory::registerWriter('dum', 'DummyWriter');
+
+        $file = $this->getTestAssetFileName('dum');
+
+        $res = Factory::toFile($file, array('one' => 1));
+        $this->assertEquals($res, true);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test/Writer/TestAssets/DummyWriter.php b/test/Writer/TestAssets/DummyWriter.php
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d5a989c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Writer/TestAssets/DummyWriter.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @package   Zend_Config
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Config\Writer\TestAssets;
+
+use Zend\Config\Writer\AbstractWriter;
+use Zend\Config\Exception;
+
+class DummyWriter extends AbstractWriter
+{
+    public function processConfig(array $config)
+    {
+        return serialize($config);
+    }
+}