Perl is a well-known scripting language which is considered to be one of the most practical languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it's used to set up multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the web is the support for modules - sets of commands for a specific job which can be included in a script just by calling them i.e. you are able to write a single line in your script to get an entire module executed, instead of having the whole program code that's already a part of the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with numerous other languages and it provides a lot of options based on what a given application can do, it is employed by numerous famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Website Hosting

Since Perl is set up on our cloud website hosting platform, you are able to run Perl/CGI scripts with any of our cloud website hosting packages without any difficulties. You can also do this automatically via a cron job when your plan comes with this attribute. If not, you're able to add cron jobs through the Upgrades section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are present on our servers and you'll be able to use them with your scripts. The entire list can be found in the Control Panel and when you wish to use any module, you only have to add the path to our module library inside your script. When third-party scripts that you want to add to your website demand a specific module, for instance, you do not need to worry if they will work effectively or not. This way, you're able to make a dynamic website and offer plenty of attributes to your site visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to take advantage of every Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all the Linux semi-dedicated hosting service that we offer as Perl is supported on all our servers. You're able to make any .pl file executable by setting the right UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and depending on the actual script, it can be run manually as a result of some action the client performs on the website, or automatically by a cron job that you can set up in your account. If you choose to employ a script which you have found online and it requires certain modules to be present on your server, you'll be able to reap the benefits of our rich library which includes over 3000 modules. Thus, you can rest assured that every Perl application that you create or find on the web will perform flawlessly on our end.