Perl is a popular scripting language which is regarded as one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to set up a variety of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is its compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a particular job that can be integrated into a script by simply calling them i.e. you're able to write a single line within your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the entire code that's already included in the module anyway. Because Perl supports many other programming languages and it features a lot of functions based on what a given application can do, it's employed by lots of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Web Hosting

Perl is provided with all the Linux web hosting that we supply and you're able to execute any type of .pl file that you upload within your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP software. The aforementioned will enable you to make a site with all the functions that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP can't supply. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our plans come with a large number of Perl modules that you are able to use and you can see a full list in your web hosting account as well as the path which you should 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 but your package does not offer this option, you will be able to add as many cron jobs as you require via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

You can take advantage of any kind of Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all the semi-dedicated servers that we offer as Perl is supported on all of our servers. You're able to make any kind of .pl file executable by setting the proper UNIX permissions for it via the Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and based on the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action the client performs on the site, or automatically through a cron job that you can set up inside your account. If you want to employ a script that you have found online and it needs certain modules to to exist on the server, you are able to benefit from our rich library that includes over 3000 modules. In this way, you can rest assured that any type of Perl app that you make or find on the Internet will perform flawlessly on our end.