Perl is a sought-after scripting language which is considered to be one of the most practical languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it is used to generate multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the market is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a certain task that can be integrated into a script by simply calling them i.e. you are able to write just one line inside your script to get a module executed, instead of having the whole program code that is already a part of the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with various other programming languages and it features a lot of functions depending on what a particular app can do, it's employed by lots of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

Perl is available with all of the Linux cloud hosting that we offer and you can execute any kind of .pl file that you upload inside your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. The aforementioned will enable you to build a website with all the options that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP can't offer. You can execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our plans feature lots of Perl modules which you'll be able to employ and you can see the full list in your hosting account in addition to the path which you should use in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. In case you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job but your plan does not offer this feature, you will be able to include as many cron jobs as you need through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

All the semi-dedicated servers that we supply are capable of running CGI scripts or any other apps written in Perl and considering the fact that cron jobs are included in all plans, you're able to select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. What's more, you can take advantage of a large library of more than 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functions so as to save time when you create your scripts. If you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it requires a particular module to work effectively, we will have it as our library includes both popular modules and less popular ones. You are able to find the path to the modules that you need to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.