Perl is a popular scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most useful programming languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to set up a variety of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages on the market is its support for modules - groups of commands for a particular process that can be integrated into a script just by calling them which means that you're able to write only one line within your script to get a whole module executed, instead of having the entire code that is already included in the module anyway. As Perl supports a lot of other languages and it provides a lot of functions depending on what a specific app can do, it is used by many popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

Since Perl is installed on our cloud hosting platform, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts with any of our cloud hosting plans without any difficulties. You can also do this automatically by using a cron job when your package has this attribute. If not, you will be able to include cron jobs via the Upgrades section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules can be found on our servers and you'll be able to use any of them with your scripts. The complete list is available inside the Control Panel and if you'd like to use any module, you only have to include the path to our module library within your script. When third-party scripts that you want to include in your website require a specific module, for example, you don't need to worry if they will operate properly or not. This way, you're able to make a dynamic site and provide a huge selection of functions to your website visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so if you aquire a semi-dedicated server account through our company, you will be able to use any kind of tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web app without any difficulties. To save you time and effort, we've also added several thousand modules that you are able to use. You will be able to see the path to the library in the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and include any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, require specific modules, to work effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two separate ways - manually, if a visitor does a certain action on your site, or automatically, when you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you'll be able to select the interval depending on what your script will do and how often you would like it to run - once a minute, hour, day, etc.