Perl is a well-liked scripting language that's considered to be one of the most useful languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it's used to generate multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a specific task that can be integrated into a script by simply calling them i.e. you can write only one line in your script to have a whole module executed, instead of having the entire program code which is already included in the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with a lot of other languages and it comes with a lot of options based on what a given application can do, it is used by lots of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.
Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting
Perl is provided with all of the shared website hosting plans that we provide and you'll be able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload within your account with the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP software. This will help you make a website with all the characteristics that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP cannot offer. You'll be able to execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our packages feature countless Perl modules which you can use and you'll see the full list in your hosting account as well as the path which you need to use in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. In case you want to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job but your package doesn't offer this feature, you're able to include as many cron jobs as you require from the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the website hosting Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All of the semi-dedicated plans that we provide can run CGI scripts or any other apps developed in Perl and considering the fact that cron jobs are part of all packages, you are able to decide if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. What's more, you can use a huge library of over 3000 modules which are already installed on our servers and use their functions to save your time when you create your scripts. In case you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it requires a specific module to operate properly, we'll have it since our library contains both widely used modules and less popular ones. You can find the path to the modules which you should use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.