Perl is a well-liked scripting language that's regarded as one of the most practical programming languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it's used to set up multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the support for modules - groups of commands for a particular process which can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you're able to write a single line in your script to get an entire module executed, instead of having the entire program code that's already included in the module anyway. As Perl can be used with various other languages and it provides a lot of functions depending on what a particular app can do, it's used by many famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

Perl is available with all of the cloud web hosting that we supply and you're able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload within your account with the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP software. This will help you create a website with all the features that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP doesn't offer. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our plans include lots of Perl modules which you're able to employ and you will see the complete list in your hosting account along with the path which you need to include in your scripts, to be able to access these modules. If you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script using a cron job yet your plan does not offer this feature, you'll be able to add as many cron jobs as you need from the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your website hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All Linux semi-dedicated packages that we provide are capable of running CGI scripts or any other apps developed in Perl and considering the fact that cron jobs are part of all of our plans, you can choose if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. Also, you can use a large library of over 3000 modules which are already installed on our servers and use their functionality to save your time when you create your scripts. In case you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires a particular module to run effectively, we will have it since our library includes both widely used modules and less popular ones. You're able to view the path to the modules which you need to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.