Perl is an excellent programming language that is frequently used for making CGI scripts along with a number of web-based apps. Among its main pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code that are employed to perform a variety of tasks and to enhance the effectiveness of a certain script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of code. In other words, in the event that five jobs have to be executed, you're able to use five lines of code to call each one of the modules rather than adding a few hundred lines used to generate the actual modules inside your script. Perl is really practical and it can be used for multiple purposes, so a number of corporations have integrated it in their web products or on their resource-demanding websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's often used in addition to other languages like PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Perl is available with all Linux shared services that we provide and you'll be able to execute any .pl file that you upload inside your account thanks to the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. The latter will allow you to build a site with all of the characteristics that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP can't supply. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our packages include countless Perl modules which you'll be able to employ and you will see a full list in your web hosting account in addition to the path which you should include in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. In case you would like to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job yet your package doesn't offer this feature, you're able to include as many cron jobs as you need via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the website hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to employ any kind of Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with all of the semi-dedicated hosting that we supply as Perl is supported on our servers. You're able to make any .pl file executable by setting the proper UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and based on the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action your client performs on the website, or automatically through a cron job which you can set up in your account. If you decide to use a script that you've found online and it needs particular modules to be present on the server, you're able to benefit from our rich library which features more than 3000 modules. Thus, you can rest assured that any kind of Perl application that you write or find on the Internet will function properly on our end.