Perl is a sought-after 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 create various web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the market is its support for modules - groups of commands for a specific process that can be integrated into a script by simply calling them which means that you can write just a single line within your script to get a module executed, instead of having the entire code that's already included in the module anyway. Because Perl supports various other programming languages and it comes with a lot of options depending on what a particular application can do, it is employed by a number of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

You can use CGI scripts and apps written in Perl with any of our Linux cloud web hosting services as we have a rich library of over 3000 modules on our tailor-made cloud website hosting platform to make sure that all dependencies for a tailor-made or a ready-made script will be there every time you need them. You are able to execute a .pl file in two ways - either manually via your website, or automatically using a cron job that will run a particular file regularly. In case the package which you have selected does not come with cron jobs included, you're able to add as many as you want from the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition, you need to make sure that the script file has the needed executable permissions. With our shared packages, you're able to create a site with as many functions and features as you like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so if you buy a semi-dedicated server account from us, you are able to use any custom or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web application without difficulty. To save you time and effort, we've also included several thousand modules that you are able to employ. You will be able to see the path to the library in the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and add any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, need to have specific modules, so that they can operate efficiently. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two separate ways - manually, in case a website visitor does a certain action on your site, or automatically, when you set up a cron job from your account. In the second case, you'll be able to select the interval based on what your script will do and how often you would like it to run - once a minute, hour, day, etc.