Perl is an efficient programming language that is widely used for setting up CGI scripts along with a variety of web-based applications. Among its main pros is the fact that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code which are designed to execute numerous tasks and to increase the performance of a certain script without slowing it with unneeded lines of code. In other words, when five tasks need to be executed, you'll be able to employ five lines of code to call each one of the modules instead of including a large number of lines used to create the actual modules within your script. Perl is very handy and it can be used for multiple purposes, so a lot of corporations have integrated it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It is ordinarily used along with other programming languages such as PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

Provided you get a cloud web hosting from our company, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have a large number of modules present on the cloud hosting platform where all of the shared accounts are set up. With every single package, you'll be provided with access to more than 3000 modules which you're able to employ in your scripts and you will find a full list in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel together with the path that you need to use so as to access them. When you use any kind of script that you have downloaded from some third-party website, you can be sure that it will function perfectly regardless of what modules it requires for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. If your web hosting package doesn't come with cron jobs, you are able to include this option with just a few clicks inside the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

You're able to work with every Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with all of the Linux semi-dedicated plans that we offer as Perl is supported on all our servers. You can make every .pl file executable by setting the appropriate UNIX permissions for it in the Hepsia Control Panel or through any kind of FTP client and based on the actual script, it can be run manually as a result of some action your client performs on your site, or automatically via a cron job which you can create inside your account. Provided you choose to employ a script that you've found online and it requires specific modules to be present on your server, you can take full advantage of our rich library which includes over 3000 modules. In this way, you can be sure that any Perl app that you make or find online will work properly on our end.