Perl is a widely used programming language, which is used to make various web applications and CGI scripts. Lots of programmers believe that it is among the most effective languages available because it supports the usage of modules - tiny parts of program code with pre-defined subroutines that are used to perform a certain task. The modules will save you a lot of time and they can contribute to the fast loading speed of your websites since you're able to add only one line of program code to call a specific module instead of using all the code for the process in your script. Perl is a multi-functional programming language often used for scripts, but it's been employed to generate lots of popular pieces of web software too, such as cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It is also used on high-traffic websites like IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many others.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

Provided you purchase a cloud package through us, you're able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem as we have a lot of modules installed on the cloud hosting platform where all of the shared accounts are generated. With every single plan, you will be provided with access to more than 3000 modules that you are able to use in your scripts and you'll find the entire list in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel together with the path that you need to use in order to get access to them. Should you use any script which you have downloaded from a third-party site, you can rest assured that it'll work correctly no matter what modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a specific time interval. In case your website hosting plan does not include cron jobs, you're able to include this attribute with just a few clicks in the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you wish to include CGI scripts on your websites or another Perl-based software for that matter, you will not encounter any kind of problems if you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our servers and you're able to call each of them by including the path which you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you use. If you download some application from a third-party site, for example, you can rest assured that you'll be able to work with it whatever the modules it needs to function. Provided that your .pl files include the appropriate UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you're able to select whether a certain script will be run manually by a visitor doing something on your website, or automatically by setting up a cron job inside your account. When you use the aforementioned option, your script can be executed every day, hour or minute according to your preference.