Perl is a widespread scripting language that is considered to be one of the most practical programming languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it's used to generate a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is its support for modules - groups of commands for a particular job which can be included in a script by calling them which means that you'll be able to write just one line in your script to have a whole module executed, rather than having the entire code that's already included in the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with numerous other programming languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a particular app can do, it is used by a number of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

Provided you acquire a hosting plan through us, you are able to run Perl/CGI scripts without a problem since we have plenty of modules present on the cloud hosting platform where all of the shared accounts are generated. With each plan, you'll be given access to over 3000 modules which you are able to use in your scripts and you can find the complete list inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well as the path that you should use in order to be able to access them. When you use any kind of script which you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can rest assured that it'll work perfectly no matter what modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. In case your website hosting package doesn't come with cron jobs, you can add this option with just a couple of clicks in the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so in case you obtain a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're able to use any tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or another Perl-based web application without difficulty. To save your time and efforts, we have also included several thousand modules which you're able to employ. You will be able to see the path to the library in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and add any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, will need specific modules, in order to work effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be achieved in two ways - manually, if a visitor does a certain action on your website, or automatically, when you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you're able to choose the interval according to what your script will do and how often you want it to run - once every day, hour, minute, etcetera.