Perl is an excellent programming language that is regularly used for setting up CGI scripts and also a number of web-based apps. Among its major pros is the fact that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code that are used to execute a variety of tasks and to increase the functionality of a given script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of program code. In other words, when five jobs need to be executed, you can employ five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including hundreds of lines used to generate the actual modules within your script. Perl is really handy and it may be used for various purposes, that's why a wide range of corporations have included it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It is commonly used with other languages for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Since Perl is installed on our cloud web hosting platform, you'll be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with any of our shared hosting packages without difficulty. You may also do this automatically through a cron job if your plan includes this option. If not, you are able to add cron jobs through the Upgrades section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are available on our servers and you will be able to use them with your scripts. The full list is available in the Control Panel and when you wish to use any module, you only have to include the path to our module library in your script. When third-party scripts that you want to include in your website ask for a particular module, for instance, you don't have to worry whether they will function efficiently or not. This way, you're able to make a dynamic site and offer numerous different functions to your site visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to employ any kind of Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all of the semi-dedicated hosting services that we supply as Perl is supported on our servers. You will be able to make every .pl file executable by setting the appropriate UNIX permissions for it through the Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and depending on the actual script, it can be run manually as a result of some action your client performs on the site, or automatically through a cron job which you can set up in your account. Provided you want to use a script that you have found online and it needs particular modules to be present on your server, you will be able to take full advantage of our vast library that includes over 3000 modules. Thus, you can be sure that every Perl app that you write or find on the worldwide web will perform flawlessly on our end.