Perl is a powerful programming language that is frequently used for creating CGI scripts as well as various kinds of web-based applications. One of its main pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of program code that are designed to perform various tasks and to extend the effectiveness of a given script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of program code. To put it simply, if five jobs need to be performed, you are able to employ five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including a few hundred lines used to generate the actual modules inside your script. Perl is very useful and it can be used for multiple purposes, that's why many companies have implemented it in their web products or on their high-traffic sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's ordinarily used with other languages such as PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

Perl is provided with all cloud hosting packages that we provide and you can execute any type of .pl file that you upload in your account thanks to the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP program. This will allow you to create an Internet site with all the options that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP cannot provide. You can execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our packages come with a large number of Perl modules which you can employ and you will see a full list in your website hosting account as well as the path that you should include in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. If you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job however your plan does not offer this feature, you will be able to add as many cron jobs as you need via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All the Linux semi-dedicated packages that we supply are capable of running CGI scripts or any other applications written in Perl and considering that cron jobs are a part of all of the packages, you are able to choose if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. What's more, you can use a huge library of over 3000 modules that are already installed on our servers and use their functionality in order to save time when you create your scripts. In case you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it needs a specific module to operate efficiently, we'll have it as our library includes both widespread modules and less popular ones. You are able to find the path to the modules that you have to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.