Perl is a popular scripting language that's regarded as one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it is used to create multiple web-based applications 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 certain job that can be integrated into a script by simply calling them which means that you can write only one line within your script to have an entire module executed, instead of having the entire code which is already a part of the module anyway. Since Perl is compatible with numerous other languages and it provides a lot of functions based on what a given app can do, it is used by numerous popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

As Perl is installed on our cloud website hosting platform, you're able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with all of our hosting plans without difficulty. You can even do this automatically by using a cron job when your plan has this attribute. If not, you'll be able to include cron jobs through the Upgrades area of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules can be accessed on our servers and you will be able to use them with your scripts. The complete list can be found inside the Control Panel and when you wish to use any module, you simply have to include the path to our module library in your script. When third-party scripts which you would like to add to your website require a specific module, for instance, you won't need to worry whether they will work effectively or not. In this way, you are able to create a dynamic Internet site and supply hundreds of different options to your site visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All the Linux semi-dedicated packages that we offer are capable of running CGI scripts or all other apps developed in Perl and since cron jobs are included in all our packages, you are able to choose if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. In addition, you can take advantage of a huge library of over 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their features in order to save your time when you write your scripts. If you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires a specific module to run effectively, we'll have it since our library features both widely used modules and less popular ones. You're able to view the path to the modules that you need to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.