Perl is a powerful programming language that's widely used for setting up CGI scripts and a variety of web-based applications. One of its key pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of program code which are designed to do various tasks and to extend the effectiveness of a certain script without clogging it with unneeded lines of code. This means that, in the event that five tasks should be executed, you can employ five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules instead of adding hundreds of lines used to generate the actual modules in your script. Perl is really useful and it may be used for a variety of purposes, so a wide range of corporations have included it in their web products or on their high-traffic sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's generally used with other programming languages for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Perl is available with all Linux shared hosting that we provide and you are able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload within your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. This will allow you to build an Internet site with all of the options that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP can't provide. You can execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our plans include thousands of Perl modules that you can use and you'll see the complete list in your website hosting account as well as the path that you should use in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. In case you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job but your package doesn't offer this feature, you'll be able to add as many cron jobs as you require via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

You are able to use any Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with any of the Linux semi-dedicated servers that we provide as Perl is supported on all our servers. You will be able to make any .pl file executable by setting the proper UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any kind of FTP client and based on the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action the client performs on your website, or automatically through a cron job which you can create in your account. If you choose to employ a script which you have found online and it requires certain modules to to exist on the server, you will be able to take advantage of our rich library which features over 3000 modules. Thus, you can rest assured that every Perl application that you generate or find on the worldwide web will work properly on our end.