Perl is a powerful programming language which is commonly used for creating CGI scripts as well as a variety of web-based apps. One of its major advantages is the fact that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code which are employed to do multiple tasks and to extend the effectiveness of a given script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of program code. This means that, if five jobs need to be executed, you can use five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including a large number of lines used to set up the actual modules inside your script. Perl is really useful and it may be used for various purposes, so a wide range of corporations have included it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's often used along with other programming languages such as PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Perl is provided with all of the Linux shared packages that we offer and you'll be able to execute any kind of .pl file which you upload within your account when you use the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. This will allow you to create a website with all the functions that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP cannot offer. You're able to execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our plans come with lots of Perl modules that you're able to employ and you will see the whole list in your website hosting account along with the path which you need to use in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. In case you want to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job however your plan doesn't offer this feature, you are able to add as many cron jobs as you require through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All the Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages that we offer can run CGI scripts or various other applications developed in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are featured in all of the plans, you'll be able to pick if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. What's more, you can benefit from a large library of more than 3000 modules that are already set up on our servers and use their functionality so as to save time when you create your scripts. Provided you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it needs some module in order to function effectively, we'll have it as our library features both widespread modules and less popular ones. You will be able to see the path to the modules which you should use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.