Perl is a well-known scripting language that's considered to be one of the most useful programming languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it is used to generate multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages out there is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a particular job that can be included in a script just by calling them i.e. you can write only one line within your script to have an entire module executed, instead of having the whole code that's already included in the module anyway. Because Perl supports many other programming languages and it features a lot of options based on what a given application can do, it's employed by lots of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Web Hosting

Since Perl is installed on our cloud hosting platform, you can run Perl/CGI scripts with any of our web hosting plans without difficulty. You can also do this automatically via a cron job when your package includes this attribute. If not, you'll be able to include cron jobs through the Upgrades area of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are present on our servers and you will be able to use any of them with your scripts. The entire list is available in the Control Panel and if you'd like to use any module, you only have to include the path to our module library in your script. When third-party scripts which you need to add to your website require a specific module, for instance, you will not need to worry whether they will work effectively or not. This way, you are able to make a dynamic site and provide various characteristics to your visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so when you aquire a semi-dedicated server account from us, you'll be able to use any custom or ready-made CGI script or another Perl-based web app without difficulty. To save your time and efforts, we have also included several thousand modules that you can take advantage of. You will be able to see the path to the library in the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and include any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, require particular modules, to function effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two ways - manually, if a visitor performs a certain action on your site, or automatically, when you create a cron job from your account. In the second case, you will be able to select the interval according to what your script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once a minute, hour, day, etc.