Perl is a powerful programming language that's widely used for making CGI scripts and a number of web-based applications. One of its main pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code which are used to perform a variety of tasks and to increase the functionality of a certain script without slowing it with unneeded lines of code. This means that, if five jobs have to be performed, you are able to employ five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules instead of adding hundreds of lines used to set up the actual modules within your script. Perl is really practical and it can be used for multiple purposes, so a wide range of corporations have included it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It is generally used along with other programming languages for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

If you get a Linux cloud hosting through our company, you'll be able to run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems because we have a lot of modules present on the cloud hosting platform where the shared accounts are set up. With every single plan, you will have access to over 3000 modules which you are able to use in your scripts and you'll find a full list inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel together with the path which you need to use so as to access them. Should you use any kind of script which you've downloaded from some third-party website, you can rest assured that it'll work properly no matter what modules it needs for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. If your hosting package does not feature cron jobs, you can include this option with a few clicks in the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You're able to use any kind of Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with all the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we provide as Perl is supported on all our servers. You are able to make each .pl file executable by setting the appropriate UNIX permissions for it through the Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and in accordance with the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action your client performs on your site, or automatically via a cron job that you can create in your account. Provided you want to employ a script that you have found online and it requires specific modules to to exist on your server, you're able to take advantage of our vast library that features over 3000 modules. In this way, you can rest assured that any Perl application that you make or find online will function perfectly on our end.