Perl is a widespread programming language, that is employed to create various web apps and CGI scripts. Many programmers consider it to be among the most practical languages these days because it supports the use of modules - tiny bits of program code with pre-defined subroutines that are designed to execute a certain task. The modules can help you save lots of time and they can contribute to the rapid loading speed of your sites because you'll be able to integrate just a single line of program code to call a certain module instead of using all of the code for the task in your script. Perl is a universal programming language often used for scripts, but it's been used to create a wide range of popular pieces of web software too, such as cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It's also employed on high-traffic sites such as IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many more.

Perl Scripting in Website Hosting

Provided you acquire a website hosting service from our company, you're able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem as we have numerous modules on the cloud platform where all the shared accounts are created. With each plan, you will have access to more than 3000 modules that you're able to use in your scripts and you can find the entire list within your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel along with the path that you need to use in order to access them. In case you use any kind of script that you've downloaded from a third-party site, you can be sure that it will function correctly no matter what modules it needs for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you can set up a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. If your website hosting plan does not include cron jobs, you can add this option with a couple of clicks within the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Perl is supported on all our servers, so if you aquire a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to use any custom or ready-made CGI script or another Perl-based web app without any difficulties. To save you time and efforts, we've also set up several thousand modules which you will be able to use. You can see the path to the library in the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and add any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, need to have specific modules, so as to work properly. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two ways - manually, if a visitor performs a certain action on your site, or automatically, when you create a cron job through your account. In the second case, you're able to select the interval depending on what the script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once a minute, hour, day, etcetera.