Perl is a sought-after scripting language which is regarded as one of the most practical languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it's used to set up a number of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is the support for modules - sets of commands for a certain job which 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, rather than having the entire code that is already included in the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with various other languages and it provides a lot of options depending on what a specific app can do, it's employed by lots of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting
Since Perl is set up on our cloud hosting platform, you will be able to run Perl/CGI scripts with any of our shared website hosting plans without difficulty. You may also do this automatically by using a cron job when your package includes this option. If not, you will be able to include cron jobs from the Upgrades section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules can be found on our servers and you'll be able to use them with your scripts. The complete list is available in the Control Panel and when you want to use any module, you just have to add the path to our module library within your script. If third-party scripts that you would like to include in your site require a particular module, for instance, you don't need to worry if they will operate efficiently or not. This way, you are able to build a dynamic Internet site and offer hundreds of different characteristics to your site visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Perl is supported on all of our servers, so when you purchase a semi-dedicated server account through our company, you are able to use any kind of tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or another Perl-based web app without difficulty. To save you time and efforts, we have also installed several thousand modules which you will be able to employ. You can see the path to the library inside your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and include any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, need to have specific modules, so as to function efficiently. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two ways - manually, in case a visitor does a certain action on your website, or automatically, when you set up a cron job from your account. In the second case, you are able to choose the interval according to what the script will do and how often you want it to run - once a minute, hour, day, etcetera.