Perl is a popular scripting language that is considered to be one of the most practical programming languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it is used to generate a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages out there is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a specific job which can be integrated into a script by calling them which means that you're able to write only one line in your script to get a whole module executed, instead of having the whole program code that's already a part of the module anyway. As Perl supports a lot of other languages and it features a lot of functions depending on what a specific application can do, it is employed by many well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Website Hosting
Perl is provided with all the cloud website hosting that we offer and you will be able to execute any .pl file that you upload within your account with the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. The latter will allow you to build an Internet site with all the features that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP doesn't offer. You'll be able to execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our packages include numerous Perl modules that you can use and you can see the whole list in your web hosting account in addition to the path that you need to use in your scripts, to be able to access these modules. If you'd like to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job but your package doesn't offer this feature, you'll be able to include as many cron jobs as you need from the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your hosting Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All Linux semi-dedicated packages that we provide can run CGI scripts or any other applications created in Perl and since cron jobs are included in all our packages, you are able to choose if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. You can also benefit from a huge library of more than 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functions to save your time when you create your scripts. In case you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it needs some module to operate effectively, we'll have it as our library contains both widely used modules and less popular ones. You'll be able to view the path to the modules which you should use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.