diff --git a/lib/Cake/Configure/IniReader.php b/lib/Cake/Configure/IniReader.php
index 77035e9c2..b571c7004 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Configure/IniReader.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Configure/IniReader.php
@@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ class IniReader implements ConfigReaderInterface {
 /**
  * Dumps the state of Configure data into an ini formatted string.
  *
+ * @param string $filename The filename on $this->_path to save into.
  * @param array $data The data to convert to ini file.
- * @return string The converted configuration as an ini string
+ * @return int Bytes saved.
  */
-	public function dump($data) {
+	public function dump($filename, $data) {
 		$result = array();
 		foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
 			if ($key[0] != '[') {
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ class IniReader implements ConfigReaderInterface {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		return join("\n", $result);
+		$contents = join("\n", $result);
+		return file_put_contents($this->_path . $filename, $contents);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Configure/PhpReader.php b/lib/Cake/Configure/PhpReader.php
index 6ee4e3770..f5d961961 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Configure/PhpReader.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Configure/PhpReader.php
@@ -91,11 +91,13 @@ class PhpReader implements ConfigReaderInterface {
  * Converts the provided $data into a string of PHP code that can
  * be used saved into a file and loaded later.
  *
+ * @param string $filename The filename to create on $this->_path.
  * @param array $data Data to dump.
- * @return string String or PHP code.
+ * @return int Bytes saved.
  */
-	public function dump($data) {
-		return '<?php' . "\n" . '$config = ' . var_export($data, true) . ';';
+	public function dump($filename, $data) {
+		$contents = '<?php' . "\n" . '$config = ' . var_export($data, true) . ';';
+		return file_put_contents($this->_path . $filename, $contents);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
index 9a4e1adc9..9b4a85ee3 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Core/Configure.php
@@ -284,20 +284,20 @@ class Configure {
  * 'default' adapter is a PhpReader, the generated file will be a PHP configuration
  * file loadable by the PhpReader.
  *
- * @param string $filename The filename to save content into.
+ * @param string $key The identifier to create in the config adapter.
+ *   This could be a filename or a cache key depending on the adapter being used.
  * @param string $config The name of the configured adapter to dump data with.
- * @return void
+ * @return boolean success
  * @throws ConfigureException if the adapter does not implement a `dump` method.
  */
-	public static function dump($filename, $config = 'default') {
+	public static function dump($key, $config = 'default') {
 		if (empty(self::$_readers[$config])) {
 			throw new ConfigureException(__d('cake', 'There is no "%s" adapter.', $config));
 		}
 		if (!method_exists(self::$_readers[$config], 'dump')) {
 			throw new ConfigureException(__d('cake', 'The "%s" adapter, does not have a dump() method.', $config));
 		}
-		$content = self::$_readers[$config]->dump(self::$_values);
-		return file_put_contents($filename, $content);
+		return (bool)self::$_readers[$config]->dump($key, self::$_values);
 	}
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Configure/IniReaderTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Configure/IniReaderTest.php
index 6d69c0371..0caaf92e2 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Configure/IniReaderTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Configure/IniReaderTest.php
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ class IniReaderTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				'timestamp' => 'force'
 			),
 		);
-		$result = $reader->dump($data);
+		$result = $reader->dump('test.ini', $data);
+		$this->assertTrue($result > 0);
+
 		$expected = <<<INI
 [One]
 two = value
@@ -152,6 +154,10 @@ three.four = value four
 [Asset]
 timestamp = force
 INI;
+		$file = $this->path . 'test.ini';
+		$result = file_get_contents($file);
+		unlink($file);
+
 		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
 	}
 
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Configure/PhpReaderTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Configure/PhpReaderTest.php
index a80152aeb..ef7932988 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Configure/PhpReaderTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Configure/PhpReaderTest.php
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ class PhpReaderTest extends CakeTestCase {
 				'timestamp' => 'force'
 			),
 		);
-		$result = $reader->dump($data);
+		$result = $reader->dump('test.php', $data);
+		$this->assertTrue($result > 0);
 		$expected = <<<PHP
 <?php
 \$config = array (
@@ -135,7 +136,10 @@ class PhpReaderTest extends CakeTestCase {
   ),
 );
 PHP;
-		$this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+		$file = $this->path . 'test.php';
+		$contents = file_get_contents($file);
+		@unlink($contents);
+		$this->assertEquals($expected, $contents);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Core/ConfigureTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Core/ConfigureTest.php
index 88a996e19..a384c591c 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Core/ConfigureTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Core/ConfigureTest.php
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ class ConfigureTest extends CakeTestCase {
 	public function testDump() {
 		Configure::config('test_reader', new PhpReader(TMP));
 
-		$result = Configure::dump(TMP . 'config_test.php', 'test_reader');
+		$result = Configure::dump('config_test.php', 'test_reader');
 		$this->assertTrue($result > 0);
 		$result = file_get_contents(TMP . 'config_test.php');
 		$this->assertContains('<?php', $result);