Perl is an effective programming language that's widely used for setting up CGI scripts and various kinds of web-based applications. One of its major pros is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code that are used to execute a variety of tasks and to increase the functionality of a certain script without slowing it with unneeded lines of program code. In other words, in the event that five jobs have to be performed, you're able to use five lines of code to call each one of the modules instead of adding hundreds of lines used to set up the actual modules in your script. Perl is really useful and it may be used for multiple purposes, so a number of companies have integrated it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's ordinarily used along with other languages for example PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

If you purchase a Linux shared hosting service through us, you will be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have numerous modules on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are generated. With each and every plan, you'll be given access to over 3000 modules which you can employ in your scripts and you'll find the whole list within your Hepsia hosting Control Panel together with the path that you have to use so as to be able to access them. In case you use any script that you have downloaded from a third-party website, you can be sure that it'll function flawlessly whatever the modules it requires for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. If your hosting plan doesn't include cron jobs, you're able to include this attribute with a couple of clicks inside the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to work with any kind of Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with any of the semi-dedicated hosting that we supply as Perl is supported on all of our servers. You'll be able to make every .pl file executable by setting the correct UNIX permissions for it via the Hepsia Control Panel or through any kind of FTP client and in accordance with the actual script, it can be run manually as a result of some action your client performs on the website, or automatically by a cron job that you can set up in your account. Provided you want to employ a script which you've found online and it requires specific modules to be present on the server, you can take full advantage of our rich library that includes more than 3000 modules. This way, you can rest assured that any kind of Perl application that you create or find online will perform properly on our end.