Perl is a widespread scripting language that is regarded as one of the most practical languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it's used to generate various web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages on the web is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a specific task which can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you're able to write only one line in your script to get an entire module executed, instead of having the whole program code which is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with various other programming languages and it provides a lot of functions depending on what a given application can do, it is employed by numerous famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

You can use CGI scripts and applications created in Perl with any of our Linux shared hosting because we have a rich library more than 3000 modules installed on our tailor-made cloud hosting platform so as to make sure that all dependencies for a custom-made or a pre-made script will be there every time you need them. You will be able to execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually via your website, or automatically using a cron job that will run a specific file on regular intervals. In the event that the plan which you've acquired doesn't come with cron jobs included, you are able to add as many as you want through the Upgrades menu within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. Also, you have to ensure that the script file has the proper executable permissions. When you use our shared plans, you will be able to build a website with as many functions and features as you like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you would like to include CGI scripts on your sites or any other Perl-based application for that matter, you won't have any sort of problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our machines and you will be able to call each of them by including the path that you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you've chosen. When you download some app from a third-party site, for example, you can rest assured that you will be able to use it whatever the modules it requires to function. As long as your .pl files include the appropriate UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you can decide whether a particular script will be executed manually by a guest doing something on your site, or automatically by creating a cron job in your account. Using the aforementioned option, your script can be executed every day, hour or minute depending on your preference.