Perl is an effective programming language that's regularly used for creating CGI scripts as well as many different web-based apps. One of its major pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code that are employed to execute various tasks and to extend the efficiency of a certain script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of program code. In other words, if five processess should be executed, you are able to use five lines of program code to call each one of the modules rather than including a few hundred lines used to generate the actual modules in your script. Perl is really convenient and it may be used for multiple purposes, so a wide range of companies have implemented it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's generally used with other programming languages for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

Provided you acquire a hosting through us, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem because we have numerous modules present on the cloud platform where the shared accounts are set up. With each plan, you'll be provided with access to more than 3000 modules which you can use in your scripts and you will find the entire list in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel along with the path which you should use in order to gain access to them. In case you use any kind of script which you've downloaded from a third-party site, you can rest assured that it will run properly regardless of what modules it requires for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. In case your website hosting package does not include cron jobs, you will be able to include this attribute with just a couple of clicks inside the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so in case you obtain a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to use any tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or any other Perl-based web app without difficulty. To save you time and effort, we have also installed several thousand modules that you'll be able to use. You can see the path to the library in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and include any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, need certain modules, so as to function effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two separate ways - manually, when a website visitor does a particular action on your website, or automatically, when you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you're able to choose the interval based on what your script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etcetera.