Options ‘+ format (-): Format of the resulting archive: tar, tar.gz, tarbz2 or zip (default. "ta") ‘+ =dir: Write the archive to this directory (default: =") ‘+ file: Write the archive with the given file name. help ‘To get more information about a certain command, you can use | help php composer.phar help install Command-line completion (Command-line completion can be enabled by following instructions on this page Environment variables You can set a number of environment variables that override certain settings. Whenever possible itis recommended to specify these settings in the | config section of |composer. json] instead. It is worth noting that the env vars will ahvays take precedence over the values specified in composer. json