Perl is a well-liked scripting language which is considered to be one of the most practical programming languages on the Internet. It is feature-rich and it is used to set up a number of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages on the market is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a specific job that can be integrated into a script just by calling them which means that you can write a single line inside your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the entire code which is already included in the module anyway. Because Perl supports many other programming languages and it comes with a lot of functions based on what a particular application can do, it's employed by many renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

You can use CGI scripts and applications written in Perl with all our cloud web hosting as we have a rich library more than 3000 modules present on our custom-made cloud hosting platform so as to make sure that all of the dependencies for a tailor-made or a ready-made script are there every time you need them. You'll be able to execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually through your site, or automatically by using a cron job which will run a specific file on regular intervals. In the event that the plan which you've ordered does not come with cron jobs included, you will be able to include as many as you need from the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You also have to make sure that the script file has the needed executable permissions. With our shared plans, you'll be able to create a website with as many functions and features as you'd like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All the semi-dedicated packages that we provide can run CGI scripts or all other apps written in Perl and since cron jobs are included in all the packages, you'll be able to pick if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. Also, you can use a large library of more than 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functionality to save time when you write your scripts. Provided you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it needs a specific module in order to run properly, we'll have it as our library features both widely used modules and less popular ones. You're able to find the path to the modules that you should use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.