Perl is a very popular scripting language which is regarded as one of the most practical programming languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it's used to set up a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a certain task that can be integrated into a script by calling them i.e. you'll be able to write just a single line inside your script to have a whole module executed, rather than having the whole program code which is already included in the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with various other programming languages and it provides a lot of options depending on what a given app can do, it's employed by numerous well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

If you get a Linux cloud package through us, you'll be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have numerous modules present on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are generated. With each and every plan, you will have access to more than 3000 modules which you can employ in your scripts and you can find the full list within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well as the path that you need to use to gain access to them. Should you use any script that you have downloaded from a third-party site, you can rest assured that it will work flawlessly no matter what modules it requires for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. If your hosting plan does not feature cron jobs, you'll be able to add this attribute with a few clicks inside the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so in case you aquire a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are able to use any kind of custom-made or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web application without any difficulties. To save your time and efforts, we've also included several thousand modules that you are able to use. You will be able to see the path to the library in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and add any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, require certain modules, in order to work properly. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two ways - manually, in case a visitor does a specific action on your site, or automatically, if you set up a cron job from your account. In the second case, you're able to choose the interval according to what the script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once a day, hour, minute, etc.