Perl is a well-known scripting language that's considered to be one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it's used to generate multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the web is the support for modules - groups of commands for a certain process which can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you can write just a single line in your script to have a whole module executed, instead of having the entire code that's already included in the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with a lot of other programming languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a specific application can do, it's employed by lots of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Website Hosting
You will be able to use CGI scripts and applications written in Perl with any of our cloud website hosting plans as we have a rich library of over 3000 modules on our custom-made cloud hosting platform in order to make sure that all the dependencies for a custom-made or a ready-made script are there any time you need them. You're able to run a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually from your website, or automatically via a cron job that will run a particular file regularly. In the event that the plan that you've picked doesn't come with cron jobs included, you will be able to include as many as you need from the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. You also have to ensure that the script file has the proper executable permissions. Using our shared plans, you'll be able to build a site with as many functions and features as you like.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All of the semi-dedicated plans that we supply can run CGI scripts or all other apps written in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are included in all the packages, you'll be able to select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. Also, you can benefit from a vast library of over 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functions so as to save your time when you create your scripts. In the event that you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it needs a certain module so as to run effectively, we'll have it since our library features both popular modules and less popular ones. You'll be able to see the path to the modules which you should use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.