Perl is an excellent programming language that's widely used for generating CGI scripts along with various kinds of web-based applications. Among its key advantages is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of program code that are employed to perform various tasks and to increase the performance of a given script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of code. To put it simply, when five processess should be executed, you'll be able to employ five lines of program code to call each of the modules rather than adding a few hundred lines used to create the actual modules in your script. Perl is really handy and it may be used for many different purposes, that's why a wide range of corporations have implemented it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It is often used with other programming languages for example PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Perl is available with all the Linux shared hosting that we offer and you will be able to execute any type of .pl file that you upload within your account thanks to the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP software. The aforementioned will allow you to make a website with all the characteristics that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP doesn't offer. You are able to execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our plans feature countless Perl modules which you're able to use and you can see the complete list in your web hosting account in addition to the path which you have to include in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. In case you want to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job yet your plan does not offer this feature, you're able to include as many cron jobs as you require through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the web hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so in case you obtain a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you can use any tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or another Perl-based web app without difficulty. To save you time and effort, we have also added several thousand modules which you will be able to use. You can see the path to the library inside the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and include any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, need to have specific modules, in order to work properly. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be achieved in two ways - manually, if a visitor does a specific action on your site, or automatically, if you create a cron job from your account. In the second case, you are able to choose the interval according to what the script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once every day, hour, minute, etcetera.