Perl is a sought-after scripting language that's considered to be one of the most practical languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it's used to create various web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a certain process which can be integrated into a script by calling them which means that you are able to write just a single line inside your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the whole code that is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl can be used with a lot of other languages and it comes with a lot of options depending on what a given app can do, it is employed by a number of renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

You can use CGI scripts and apps created in Perl with all our shared hosting packages because we have a rich library more than 3000 modules installed on our tailor-made cloud hosting platform in order to make sure that all the dependencies for a tailor-made or a pre-made script will be there every time you need them. You are able to execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually via your website, or automatically using a cron job which will run a certain file regularly. In the event that the plan which you have obtained doesn't come with cron jobs included, you can easily include as many as you would like from the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Also, you have to ensure that the script file has the proper executable permissions. Using our shared plans, you will be able to build a site with as many functions and features as you would like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Perl is supported on all our servers, so when you buy a semi-dedicated server account through us, you will be able to use any kind of custom or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web app without any difficulties. To save you time and effort, we have also installed several thousand modules that you can use. You will be able to 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 example, need to have particular modules, so as to function properly. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two ways - manually, if a visitor does a particular action on your website, or automatically, when you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you'll be able to select the interval based on what the script will do and how often you would like it to run - once a day, hour, minute, etc.