Perl is a well-liked scripting language which is regarded as being one of the most useful programming languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it is used to generate a number of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages out there is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a specific task which can be included in a script by simply calling them which means that you'll be able to write only one line inside your script to have a whole module executed, rather than having the entire code which is already a part of the module anyway. Since Perl supports many other programming languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a particular app can do, it's employed by lots of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

If you get a Linux cloud hosting package from us, you're able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem because we have plenty of modules on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are created. With each and every plan, you'll get access to over 3000 modules that you're able to use in your scripts and you will find the whole list inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well as the path that you should use in order to gain access to them. In case you use any script that you have downloaded from a third-party website, you can rest assured that it will work properly regardless of what modules it needs for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you can set up a cron job to do this automatically at a specific time interval. If your web hosting package doesn't include cron jobs, you're able to add this feature with just a couple of clicks inside the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You're able to employ every Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all the Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages that we supply as Perl is supported on all of our servers. You're able to make every .pl file executable by setting the proper UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any kind of FTP client and depending on the actual script, it can be run manually as a result of some action your client performs on your website, or automatically by a cron job that you can set up in your account. If you decide to employ a script which you've found online and it needs specific modules to be present on your server, you'll be able to take advantage of our rich library that includes more than 3000 modules. This way, you can rest assured that any Perl app that you create or find online will function flawlessly on our end.