Perl is an efficient programming language which is widely used for making CGI scripts and also many different web-based apps. One of its key pros is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code which are used to perform multiple tasks and to increase the effectiveness of a certain script without clogging it with unneeded lines of code. This means that, if five processess have to be performed, you can employ five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules instead of adding hundreds of lines used to set up the actual modules in your script. Perl is very convenient and it may be used for a number of purposes, that's why a wide range of corporations have integrated it in their web products or on their high-traffic sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It is ordinarily used along with other programming languages such as PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

You're able to use CGI scripts and apps created in Perl with all of our shared hosting because we have a rich library more than 3000 modules present on our custom-made cloud hosting platform to make sure that all the dependencies for a tailor-made or a pre-made script are there whenever you need them. You're able to execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually from your site, or automatically through a cron job which will run a particular file on regular intervals. In case the plan which you have bought does not come with cron jobs included, you can easily add as many as you need from the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. You also have to make sure that the script file has the right executable permissions. Using our shared packages, you are able to create a website with as many functions and features as you would like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

All the semi-dedicated servers that we provide are capable of running CGI scripts or various other apps developed in Perl and since cron jobs are featured in all plans, you're able to select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. In addition, you can take advantage of a vast library of over 3000 modules which are already installed on our servers and use their functions so as to save time when you create your scripts. Provided you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it needs some module so as to run effectively, we'll have it as our library includes both popular modules and less popular ones. You will be able to see the path to the modules which you have to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.