Perl is a well-liked scripting language that is regarded as being one of the most useful programming languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to generate multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a specific process that can be integrated into a script by calling them i.e. you are able to write only one line in your script to get a module executed, instead of having the entire program code which is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl can be used with various other languages and it comes with a lot of functions based on what a given application can do, it is used by a number of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
Since Perl is set up on our cloud hosting platform, you are able to run Perl/CGI scripts with all of our hosting packages without any difficulties. You may even do this automatically through a cron job when your package comes with this feature. If not, you're able to include cron jobs through the Upgrades section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules are available on our servers and you can use all of them with your scripts. The full list is available in the Control Panel and if you'd like to use any module, you only have to add the path to our module library inside your script. When third-party scripts which you would like to include in your site require a certain module, for example, you do not have to worry whether they will run effectively or not. In this way, you'll be able to create a dynamic site and supply plenty of functions to your site visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Perl is supported on all of our servers, so in case you obtain a semi-dedicated server account through us, you will be able to use any kind of tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or any other Perl-based web application without any difficulties. To save your time and efforts, we've also installed several thousand modules which you'll be able to use. You can see the path to the library inside the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and include any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, need specific modules, to work effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two ways - manually, if a website visitor performs a specific action on your website, or automatically, if you create a cron job through your account. In the second case, you'll be able to select the interval depending on what your script will do and how often you want it to run - once a day, hour, minute, etcetera.