Perl is a sought-after scripting language which is considered to be one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to create multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a specific process that can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you'll be able to write only one line in your script to get a whole module executed, instead of having the whole code that is already included in the module anyway. Since Perl is compatible with many other programming languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a specific application can do, it's employed by lots of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.
Perl Scripting in Shared Web Hosting
In case you acquire a Linux shared web hosting plan from us, you will be able to run Perl/CGI scripts without a problem as we have a large number of modules on the cloud hosting platform where all the shared accounts are set up. With every single plan, you will get access to over 3000 modules that you can employ in your scripts and you will find the entire list inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel along with the path which you should use to be able to access them. When you use any kind of script that you have downloaded from some third-party site, you can rest assured that it will work properly no matter what modules it requires for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. If your website hosting plan does not include cron jobs, you'll be able to add this feature with just a few clicks in the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
You can work with every Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all the semi-dedicated servers that we offer as Perl is supported on our servers. You'll be able to make any kind of .pl file executable by setting the appropriate UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any kind of FTP client and in accordance with the actual script, it can be executed manually as a result of some action your client performs on the website, or automatically by a cron job that you can create inside your account. In case you choose to employ a script that you have found online and it requires particular modules to be present on your server, you'll be able to take advantage of our vast library which includes more than 3000 modules. Thus, you can rest assured that any Perl app that you write or find on the Internet will function perfectly on our end.