Perl is a very popular scripting language that is considered to be one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it's used to create various web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the market is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a particular process that can be included in a script by calling them which means that you are able to write just a single line in your script to get a whole module executed, rather than having the entire code that's already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with various other languages and it features a lot of options based on what a particular app can do, it is used by lots of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

Provided you acquire a hosting from our company, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem because we have plenty of modules present on the cloud hosting platform where the shared accounts are set up. With each and every package, you'll be given access to over 3000 modules that you will be able to employ in your scripts and you'll find a full list in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well as the path which you have to use in order to access them. Should you use any kind of script which you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can be sure that it'll function properly no matter what modules it needs for that. Every .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 web hosting plan doesn't include cron jobs, you can include this feature with a couple of clicks within the Upgrades section of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

All of the semi-dedicated servers that we provide are capable of running CGI scripts or all other apps written in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are included in all packages, you are able to pick if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. What's more, you can benefit from a huge library of over 3000 modules that are already installed on our servers and use their functions in order to save time when you create your scripts. Provided you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it needs a specific module so as to work efficiently, we will have it because our library features both popular modules and less popular ones. You are able to view the path to the modules which you should use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.