Perl is a popular scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most practical languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it's used to generate multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a specific process which can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you'll be able to write only one line inside your script to get a module executed, instead of having the whole code which is already included in the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with various other languages and it provides a lot of functions based on what a particular application can do, it's used by lots of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and so on.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting
In case you buy a Linux cloud hosting plan through us, you will be able to run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have numerous modules installed on the cloud hosting platform where all the shared accounts are generated. With each plan, you will have access to over 3000 modules which you are able to employ in your scripts and you will find a full list within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well as the path which you need to use to access them. Should you use any kind of script that you've downloaded from some third-party site, you can rest assured that it'll run correctly no matter what modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a certain time interval. If your website hosting package doesn't feature cron jobs, you'll be able to include this attribute with a couple of clicks inside the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
Perl is supported on all our servers, so if you obtain a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to use any kind of custom-made or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web application without difficulty. To save you time and effort, we've also set up several thousand modules which you are able to employ. You can see the path to the library in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and add any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, will need certain modules, in order to work efficiently. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be achieved in two ways - manually, in case a visitor does a specific action on your website, or automatically, if you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you will be able to choose the interval depending on what the script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etc.