Perl is a powerful programming language which is frequently used for setting up CGI scripts and a number of web-based apps. Among its main pros is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code that are used to execute a variety of tasks and to increase the effectiveness of a given script without clogging it with unneeded lines of code. In other words, if five jobs have to be executed, you are able to employ five lines of program code to call each one of the modules rather than including a few hundred lines used to set up the actual modules in your script. Perl is very useful and it can be used for multiple purposes, so a wide range of corporations have integrated it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's often used along with other languages like PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Perl is provided with all shared packages that we provide and you will be able to execute any kind of .pl file which you upload inside your account thanks to the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP program. The latter will help you build an Internet site with all of the options that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP doesn't supply. You are able to execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our plans feature thousands of Perl modules which you're able to employ and you will see the full list in your web hosting account along with the path that you have to include in your scripts, 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'll be able to add as many cron jobs as you require from the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your website hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All of the semi-dedicated hosting that we provide are capable of running CGI scripts or all other applications developed in Perl and considering the fact that cron jobs are included in all the plans, you're able to select if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. In addition, you can use a huge library of more than 3000 modules that are already installed on our servers and use their functionality 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 particular module to work effectively, we'll have it since our library includes both widespread modules and less popular ones. You are able to find the path to the modules which you have to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.