Perl is a widely used scripting language that is regarded as being one of the most useful languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it's used to create a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the market is the support for modules - sets of commands for a specific job that can be integrated into a script by simply calling them which means that you're able to write a single line within your script to get an entire module executed, instead of having the whole program code that's already a part of the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with numerous other programming languages and it comes with a lot of options depending on what a specific application can do, it is used by numerous well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

You're able to use CGI scripts and applications written in Perl with all of our Linux cloud hosting as we have a rich library more than 3000 modules installed on our tailor-made cloud hosting platform so as to ensure that all dependencies for a custom or a pre-made script are there whenever you need them. You're able to run a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually through your website, or automatically via a cron job that will run a specific file on regular intervals. In the event that the plan that you have selected doesn't come with cron jobs included, you are able to add as many as you would like through the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. In addition, you have to ensure that the script file features the proper executable permissions. With our shared packages, you can build a site with as many functions and features as you would like.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to take advantage of every Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with all of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we provide as Perl is supported on all our servers. You can make any kind of .pl file executable by setting the right UNIX permissions for it from the Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and in accordance with the actual script, it may be run manually as a result of some action your client performs on the site, or automatically via a cron job that you can set up inside your account. Provided you decide to use a script that you've found online and it needs particular modules to to exist on the server, you can reap the benefits of our rich library that features more than 3000 modules. Thus, you can be sure that every Perl app that you write or find on the web will perform properly on our end.