Perl is a very popular scripting language that is regarded as one of the most useful programming languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it is used to set up a variety of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages out there is the support for modules - sets of commands for a certain job that can be integrated into a script just by calling them which means that you can write just one line within your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the entire program code that's already a part of the module anyway. As Perl can be used with a lot of other programming languages and it comes with a lot of options based on what a specific application can do, it's used by a number of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.

Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting

You'll be able to use CGI scripts and applications created in Perl with all our shared website hosting as we have a rich library of over 3000 modules installed on our tailor-made cloud hosting platform in order to make sure that all the dependencies for a custom or a pre-made script are there any time you need them. You will be able to execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually from your website, or automatically by using a cron job which will run a particular file regularly. If the package that you have ordered does not come with cron jobs included, you're able to include as many as you want through the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. Also, you have to make sure that the script file has the right executable permissions. Using our shared plans, you will be able to build a site with as many functions and features as you'd like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we supply can run CGI scripts or all other apps developed in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are featured in all the packages, you will be able to decide if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. Also, you can use a huge library of over 3000 modules which are already installed on our servers and use their functionality so as to save time when you create your scripts. In the event that you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it requires a specific module so as to operate efficiently, we'll have it because our library features both popular modules and less popular ones. You will be able to view the path to the modules that you have to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.