Perl is a very popular scripting language that is regarded as being one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to create a variety of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages out there is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a certain task which can be included in a script by calling them i.e. you can write just a single line in your script to get a module executed, instead of having the whole program code that's already a part of the module anyway. Since Perl supports many other programming languages and it features a lot of functions depending on what a given app can do, it's employed by many famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Web Hosting

As Perl is set up on our cloud website hosting platform, you'll be able to run Perl/CGI scripts with any of our web hosting plans without any difficulties. You may also do this automatically by using a cron job when your package comes with this attribute. If not, you're able to include cron jobs through the Upgrades area of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are present on our servers and you can use them with your scripts. The complete list is available inside the Control Panel and if you want to use any module, you only have to include the path to our module library inside your script. If third-party scripts which you want to include in your site ask for a particular module, for example, you don't have to worry if they will operate efficiently or not. In this way, you are able to create a dynamic website and provide hundreds of different options to your site visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to work with every Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with all the semi-dedicated servers that we provide as Perl is supported on our servers. You're able to make any kind of .pl file executable by setting the appropriate UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any kind of FTP client and based on the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action your client performs on the website, or automatically through a cron job which you can create inside your account. If you want to employ a script which you have found online and it requires particular modules to to exist on the server, you're able to benefit from our vast library which features over 3000 modules. This way, you can rest assured that every Perl application that you make or find on the Internet will work perfectly on our end.