Perl is a very popular scripting language which is considered to be one of the most useful programming languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it's used to generate a variety of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages out there is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a certain process which can be included in a script by simply calling them i.e. you'll be able to write a single line inside your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the entire program code that is already included in the module anyway. Because Perl can be used with numerous other programming languages and it provides a lot of options depending on what a specific application can do, it is employed by numerous popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.
Perl Scripting in Web Hosting
Perl is provided with all of the Linux web hosting service that we provide and you will be able to execute any kind of .pl file which you upload inside your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP software. The latter will help you build a site with all the options that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP fails to offer. You are able to execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our packages come with thousands of Perl modules which you're able to use and you can see the complete list in your hosting account in addition to the path that you have to use in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. In case you'd like to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job but your package doesn't offer this option, you're able to add as many cron jobs as you require through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your website hosting Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All the semi-dedicated service that we provide can run CGI scripts or any other applications developed in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are included in all our plans, you are able to select if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. Also, you can benefit from a large library of over 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their features in order to save your time when you create your scripts. If you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it needs a specific module to work effectively, we'll have it because our library includes both popular modules and less popular ones. You're able to find the path to the modules which you need to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.