Perl is a well-liked scripting language which is regarded as one of the most useful languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to create a variety of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the support for modules - sets of commands for a specific job that can be integrated into a script by calling them which means that you're able to write a single line within your script to get a whole module executed, instead of having the entire program code that is already a part of the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with various other languages and it features a lot of functions based on what a given application can do, it is employed by numerous renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Provided you obtain a Linux shared hosting through our company, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have plenty of modules present on the cloud hosting platform where all of the shared accounts are set up. With each package, you'll be given access to over 3000 modules that you are able to employ in your scripts and you'll find the whole list in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel together with the path that you have to use to get access to them. When you use any script which you have downloaded from some third-party website, you can be sure that it will work flawlessly regardless of what modules it needs for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you can set up a cron job to do this automatically at a pre-set time interval. In case your hosting package does not feature cron jobs, you can include this option with just a few clicks inside the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so if you purchase a semi-dedicated server account from us, you're able to use any custom-made or ready-made CGI script or any other Perl-based web app without difficulty. To save your time and efforts, we've also included several thousand modules that you can take advantage of. You will be able to see the path to the library in the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and include any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, need specific modules, to work efficiently. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two ways - manually, in case a visitor performs a specific action on your site, or automatically, if you create a cron job from your account. In the second case, you're able to choose the interval according to what the script will do and how often you would like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etc.