Perl is a sought-after scripting language which is regarded as one of the most useful languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it's used to create multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the support for modules - groups of commands for a certain job that can be included in a script just by calling them i.e. you're able to write only one line inside your script to have a module executed, instead of having the entire code that's already included in the module anyway. As Perl can be used with various other languages and it comes with a lot of options depending on what a particular app can do, it is employed by many famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Website Hosting

Perl is provided with all the cloud website hosting that we provide and you'll be able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload within your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP software. The latter will help you make a website with all of the functions that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP fails to provide. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our packages feature a large number of Perl modules that you are able to employ and you'll see a full list in your web hosting account as well as the path that you need to include in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. If you would like to execute a Perl/CGI script using a cron job yet your package doesn't offer this option, you'll be able to add as many cron jobs as you need through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the website hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

All of the semi-dedicated servers that we provide are capable of running CGI scripts or any other applications created in Perl and considering the fact that cron jobs are part of all the packages, you can choose if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. You can also use a large library of more than 3000 modules which are already installed on our servers and use their functions in order to save time when you write your scripts. In the event that you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it needs some module in order to function effectively, we'll have it as our library contains both popular modules and less popular ones. You're able to view the path to the modules which you should use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.