Perl is a very popular scripting language that is regarded as being one of the most practical languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it is used to create a variety of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is the support for modules - sets of commands for a certain process which can be included in a script by calling them i.e. you're able to write just one line inside your script to have a whole module executed, rather than having the whole code that's already included in the module anyway. As Perl supports numerous other programming languages and it features a lot of functions depending on what a given app can do, it's used by a number of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
Perl is provided with all the hosting that we provide and you are able to execute any .pl file which you upload inside your account with the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP software. The aforementioned will allow you to build a site with all of the options that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP cannot supply. You are able to execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our packages feature lots of Perl modules which you are able to employ and you'll see the complete list in your hosting account along with the path that you have to include in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. In case you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script using a cron job but your plan does not offer this feature, you will be able to include as many cron jobs as you require through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your hosting Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we provide are capable of running CGI scripts or various other apps developed in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are a part of all of the plans, you are able to pick if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. You can also benefit from a large library of more than 3000 modules that are already set up on our servers and use their functionality to save your time when you create your scripts. Provided you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it needs some module so as to function properly, we will have it since our library contains both widespread modules and less popular ones. You're able to see the path to the modules which you have to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.