Perl is a well-liked scripting language that is considered to be one of the most useful languages on the Internet. It is feature-rich and it's used to create a variety of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages out there is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a specific process that can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you're able to write a single line inside your script to have an entire module executed, rather than having the whole code that is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl can be used with numerous other programming languages and it features a lot of functions depending on what a given app can do, it is employed by many popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting

As Perl is installed on our cloud website hosting platform, you are able to run Perl/CGI scripts with all of our shared website hosting plans without difficulty. You can also do this automatically by using a cron job if your plan comes with this option. If not, you are able to add cron jobs from the Upgrades section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules are accessible on our servers and you'll be able to use all of them with your scripts. The full list is available inside the Control Panel and if you'd like to use any module, you simply have to add the path to our module library inside your script. If third-party scripts which you want to add to your website ask for a certain module, for instance, you will not need to worry whether they will work properly or not. In this way, you will be able to make a dynamic Internet site and supply countless characteristics to your targeted visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so when you obtain a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're able to use any kind of tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web app without difficulty. To save you time and effort, we've also added several thousand modules that you can take advantage of. You can see the path to the library in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and include any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, require certain modules, in order to work efficiently. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two separate ways - manually, if a visitor performs a particular action on your site, or automatically, when you create a cron job from your account. In the second case, you will be able to choose the interval according to what your script will do and how often you would like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etc.