Perl is a popular scripting language which is regarded as being one of the most practical languages on the Internet. It is feature-rich and it is used to set up various web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the market is the support for modules - sets of commands for a certain task that can be included in a script just by calling them i.e. you are able to write only one line inside your script to have an entire module executed, instead of having the whole code which is already included in the module anyway. Because Perl supports various other languages and it comes with a lot of functions based on what a specific application can do, it is used by numerous popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

Perl is available with all of the cloud hosting plans that we provide and you are able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload inside your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. This will allow you to make a website with all the functions that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP doesn't offer. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our plans feature a large number of Perl modules that you'll be able to employ and you'll see a full list in your website hosting account as well as the path that you need to use in your scripts, to be able to access these modules. In case you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job however your plan does not offer this feature, you can include as many cron jobs as you require via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the web hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

All semi-dedicated hosting plans that we offer can run CGI scripts or various other applications written in Perl and considering that cron jobs are a part of all the packages, you're able to choose if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. Also, you can use a huge library of more than 3000 modules which are already installed on our servers and use their functionality to save your time when you create your scripts. In the event that you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires a certain module in order to work efficiently, we will have it as our library contains both widely used modules and less popular ones. You'll be 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 hosting Control Panel.