Perl is a widely used scripting language which is considered to be one of the most practical languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it's used to set up a variety of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is the support for modules - groups of commands for a particular job that can be integrated into a script by calling them i.e. you'll be able to write just one line within your script to have a whole module executed, rather than having the entire code which is already included in the module anyway. Since Perl is compatible with a lot of other languages and it comes with a lot of options depending on what a given application can do, it's used by lots of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

You're able to use CGI scripts and applications created in Perl with all our Linux hosting as we have a rich library of over 3000 modules on our custom-made cloud hosting platform in order to make sure that all dependencies for a custom or a ready-made script will be there when you need them. You're able to execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually through your website, or automatically through a cron job that will run a particular file on regular intervals. In case the plan that you've obtained does not come with cron jobs included, you will be able to include as many as you want through the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Also, you have to ensure that the script file is provided with the needed executable permissions. When you use our shared plans, you will be able to create a site with as many functions and features as you would like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you want to include CGI scripts on your websites or any other Perl-based application for that matter, you won't encounter any problems in the event that you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our machines and you'll be able to call them by including the path that you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you've chosen. Any time you download some app from a third-party website, for instance, you can rest assured that you will be able to use it regardless of the modules it requires to function. As long as your .pl files have the proper UNIX permissions to be executable, you'll be able to select whether a certain script will be run manually by a guest doing something on your website, or automatically by setting up a cron job inside your account. With the latter option, your script can be run every day, hour or minute in accordance with your preference.