Perl is a well-known scripting language that is regarded as one of the most practical languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it is used to generate a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages on the market is its support for modules - sets of commands for a specific job that can be included in a script by simply calling them i.e. you'll be able to write a single line in your script to get a whole module executed, instead of having the entire program code which is already included in the module anyway. As Perl supports various other languages and it comes with a lot of functions depending on what a particular app can do, it is used by a number of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting

If you get a Linux shared website hosting from our company, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems since we have a large number of modules present on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are created. With each and every package, you'll be given access to over 3000 modules that you're able to employ in your scripts and you will find the full list within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel along with the path which you need to use to gain access to them. Should you use any kind of script that you have downloaded from some third-party site, you can be sure that it'll function properly whatever the modules it needs for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you can set up a cron job to do this automatically at a pre-set time interval. In case your website hosting plan doesn't come with cron jobs, you can add this attribute with just a few clicks within the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

Perl is supported on all our servers, so when you aquire a semi-dedicated server account from us, you can use any kind of tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web application without difficulty. To save you time and efforts, we've also installed several thousand modules that you will be able to use. You can see the path to the library inside the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and add any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, require specific modules, in order to operate properly. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two separate ways - manually, if a visitor performs a certain action on your website, or automatically, when you set up a cron job from your account. In the second case, you're able to choose the interval based on what your script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etcetera.