Perl is a popular scripting language that's regarded as one of the most practical languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to generate a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the web is its support for modules - groups of commands for a specific job that can be integrated into a script just by calling them i.e. you can write a single line within your script to have a whole module executed, rather than having the entire code that's already included in the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with various other programming languages and it comes with a lot of functions based on what a given application can do, it is employed by numerous famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

Perl is available with all of the hosting plans that we supply and you'll be able to execute any kind of .pl file which you upload inside your account thanks to the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP software. The aforementioned will help you build a website with all the features that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP can't provide. You'll be able to execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our packages include countless Perl modules which you'll be able to use and you will see a full list in your web hosting account in addition to the path which 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 with a cron job yet your plan does not offer this option, you are able to include as many cron jobs as you require via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the website hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so in case you aquire a semi-dedicated server account from us, you will be able to use any tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web app without any difficulties. To save you time and efforts, we've also added several thousand modules which you can take advantage of. You can see the path to the library inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel and add any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, require specific modules, to operate properly. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two ways - manually, when a visitor does a certain action on your website, or automatically, when you set up a cron job from your account. In the second case, you will be able to select the interval according to what your script will do and how often you'd like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etc.