Perl is a widely used scripting language which is considered to be one of the most useful languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it's used to create multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages on the web is the support for modules - sets of commands for a specific process that can be integrated into a script by calling them which means that you are able to write just one line in your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the entire program code that is already a part of the module anyway. As Perl supports many other languages and it features a lot of options based on what a particular application can do, it is used by lots of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

You'll be able to use CGI scripts and apps created in Perl with any of our Linux cloud web hosting service as we have a rich library of over 3000 modules installed on our custom cloud website hosting platform so as to make sure that all of the dependencies for a custom-made or a ready-made script are there any time you need them. You can execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually from your website, or automatically through a cron job that will run a particular file on regular intervals. If the plan that you have bought doesn't come with cron jobs included, you're able to include as many as you want from the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition, you have to make sure that the script file features the right executable permissions. Using our shared packages, you can build a site with as many functions and features as you like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

All the Linux semi-dedicated service that we supply can run CGI scripts or various other applications developed in Perl and since cron jobs are featured in all of our packages, you can pick if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. In addition, you can benefit from a vast library of more than 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functionality in order to save time when you write your scripts. If you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it needs a particular module so as to work properly, we will have it because our library includes both widely used modules and less popular ones. You are able to view the path to the modules which you need to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.