Perl is a very popular scripting language that is regarded as one of the most useful languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it is used to create multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the support for modules - groups of commands for a particular job which can be integrated into a script just by calling them which means that you can write a single line inside your script to get a whole module executed, rather than having the entire code that's already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl can be used with a lot of other programming languages and it comes with a lot of options based on what a specific application can do, it is employed by numerous famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Shared Web Hosting
Since Perl is installed on our cloud web hosting platform, you can run Perl/CGI scripts with any of our shared web hosting plans without any difficulties. You may even do this automatically via a cron job if your package comes with this feature. If not, you're able to add cron jobs from the Upgrades section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules can be found on our servers and you'll be able to use any of them with your scripts. A 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. When third-party scripts that you need to include in your site require a specific module, for instance, you don't need to worry whether they will function properly or not. In this way, you will be able to make a dynamic website and provide countless options to your website visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You will be able to employ every Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we provide as Perl is supported on all our servers. You can make any .pl file executable by setting the proper UNIX permissions for it through the Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and in accordance with the actual script, it may be run manually as a result of some action your client performs on your site, or automatically by a cron job which you can create in your account. Provided you decide to use a script which you've found online and it requires certain modules to be present on the server, you're able to take advantage of our rich library which features more than 3000 modules. This way, you can rest assured that any kind of Perl app that you create or find on the worldwide web will perform perfectly on our end.