Perl is a well-known scripting language that is considered to be one of the most useful programming languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it is used to set up a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the market is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a particular task that can be included in a script by calling them i.e. you are able to write just one line in your script to get a whole module executed, rather than having the whole code that is already a part of the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with a lot of other programming languages and it comes with a lot of options based on what a specific application can do, it's employed by many famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

You can use CGI scripts and apps created in Perl with any of our shared hosting because we have a rich library more than 3000 modules installed on our tailor-made cloud website hosting platform to make sure that all the dependencies for a custom or a ready-made script are there whenever you need them. You are able to run a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually through your site, or automatically through a cron job that will run a certain file regularly. If the package that you have selected doesn't come with cron jobs included, you are able to include as many as you would like through the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You also have to make sure that the script file features the proper executable permissions. With our shared packages, you can create a website with as many functions and features as you'd like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

All the semi-dedicated servers that we supply are capable of running CGI scripts or any other applications created in Perl and since cron jobs are part of all of the packages, you are able to select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. You can also take advantage of a vast library of more than 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functions so as to save time when you create your scripts. In the event that you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it requires a certain module to function properly, we'll have it as our library contains both widely used modules and less popular ones. You'll be able to find the path to the modules which you need to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.