Perl is a sought-after scripting language that is regarded as being one of the most practical programming languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it is used to create multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages out there is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a certain task which can be integrated into a script by calling them which means that you're able to write just one line in your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the whole code which is already a part of the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with numerous other languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a given application can do, it's employed by lots of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
As Perl is installed on our cloud hosting platform, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with any of our shared hosting plans without difficulty. You may also do this automatically via a cron job if your plan includes this feature. If not, you're able to add cron jobs via the Upgrades area of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules are present on our servers and you can use all of them with your scripts. The full list can be found in the Control Panel and when you'd like to use any module, you simply have to include the path to our module library inside your script. If third-party scripts which you would like to include in your website ask for a specific module, for instance, you don't need to worry if they will operate properly or not. In this way, you're able to build a dynamic website and supply a huge selection of options to your website visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All of the semi-dedicated packages that we offer are capable of running CGI scripts or various other apps developed in Perl and since cron jobs are included in all packages, you are able to select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. You can also use a huge library of over 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their features in order to save time when you create your scripts. Provided you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires a certain module in order to function properly, we'll have it since our library contains both popular modules and less popular ones. You can find the path to the modules that you should use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel.