Perl is a well-liked scripting language which is considered to be one of the most useful languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it's used to generate multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is the support for modules - groups of commands for a specific job that can be integrated into a script by calling them which means that you can write only one line inside your script to have an entire module executed, instead of having the entire program code which is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with many other programming languages and it features a lot of functions depending on what a given application can do, it's used by many well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

You are able to use CGI scripts and apps created in Perl with all our Linux hosting service because we have a rich library more than 3000 modules installed on our custom-made cloud website hosting platform so as to ensure that all of the dependencies for a custom or a pre-made script are there whenever you need them. You're able to execute a .pl file in two ways - either manually from your site, or automatically by using a cron job which will run a specific file on regular intervals. If the plan that you've purchased doesn't come with cron jobs included, you'll be able to add as many as you need from the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Also, you have to ensure that the script file has the right executable permissions. With our shared packages, you can create a website with as many functions and features as you like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

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