CREATE TABLE `Sessions` (
`id` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
`modified` int(11) default NULL,
`lifetime` int(11) default NULL,
`data` text,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB

$sessionConfig = array(
'name'           => 'Sessions',      //table name as per Zend_Db_Table
'primary'        => 'id',   //the sessionID given by php
'modifiedColumn' => 'modified',     //time the session should expire
'dataColumn'     => 'data', //serialized data
'lifetimeColumn' => 'lifetime'      //end of life for a specific record
);
$saveHandler = new Zend_Session_SaveHandler_DbTable($sessionConfig);
//cookie persist for 30 days
Zend_Session::rememberMe($seconds = (60 * 60 * 24 * 30));

//make the session persist for 30 days
$saveHandler->setLifetime($seconds)
    ->setOverrideLifetime(true);
//similarly,
//$saveHandler->setLifetime($seconds, true);
Zend_Session::setSaveHandler($saveHandler);
Zend_Session::start();

resources.db.isDefaultTableAdapter = true
resources.db.adapter = "pdo_mysql"
resources.db.params.host = "localhost"
resources.db.params.dbname = "dbname"
resources.db.params.username = "username"
resources.db.params.password = "password"

protected function _initSession() {
    $resource = $this->getPluginResource('db');
    $dbAdapter = $db = $resource->getDbAdapter();
    Zend_Registry::set("db", $dbAdapter);
    Zend_Db_Table_Abstract::setDefaultAdapter($dbAdapter);
    $config = array(
        'name' => 'session',
        'primary' => 'id',
        'modifiedColumn' => 'modified',
        'dataColumn' => 'data',
        'lifetimeColumn' => 'lifetime',
        'db' => $dbAdapter
    );

    Zend_Session::setSaveHandler(new Zend_Session_SaveHandler_DbTable($config));
    Zend_Session::start();
}

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `session`;


CREATE TABLE `session` (

  `id` char(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT '',

  `modified` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,

  `lifetime` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,

  `data` text,

  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)

) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;