Perl is a sought-after scripting language that is regarded as being one of the most useful languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it's used to create a variety of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages out there is the support for modules - sets of commands for a particular job which can be included in a script by simply calling them i.e. you can write just one line inside your script to have an entire module executed, rather than having the entire code that is already included in the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with various other languages and it provides a lot of functions based on what a given application can do, it is employed by lots of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Web Hosting

Provided you purchase a web hosting through our company, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem as we have a lot of modules installed on the cloud hosting platform where all the shared accounts are generated. With each and every package, you'll be provided with access to over 3000 modules that you will be able to employ in your scripts and you'll find a full list inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well as the path which you have to use in order to be able to access them. In case you use any kind of script that you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can rest assured that it will function perfectly regardless of what modules it needs 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. If your web hosting plan does not come with cron jobs, you'll be able to add this attribute with just a few clicks inside the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

You're able to take advantage of any kind of Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all of the semi-dedicated servers that we supply as Perl is supported on all of our servers. You're able to make any kind of .pl file executable by setting the proper UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and depending on the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action the client performs on the website, or automatically via a cron job that you can set up in your account. In case you decide to use a script which you've found online and it needs particular modules to be present on your server, you're able to benefit from our vast library that includes more than 3000 modules. Thus, you can rest assured that any Perl app that you create or find on the worldwide web will perform perfectly on our end.