Perl is a widely used scripting language that is regarded as one of the most useful languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it is used to generate a variety of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the market is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a particular task that can be integrated into a script just by calling them i.e. you're able to write just one line within your script to get a module executed, instead of having the entire program code that's already a part of the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with numerous other languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a particular app can do, it is employed by a number of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

Provided you get a cloud hosting from us, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem as we have a large number of modules installed on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are set up. With each and every plan, you'll be given access to over 3000 modules that you'll be able to employ in your scripts and you will find the full list in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel together with the path that you have to use in order to gain access to them. In case you use any kind of script which you have downloaded from some third-party website, you can rest assured that it will function correctly regardless of what modules it needs for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you can set up a cron job to do this automatically at a specific time interval. If your web hosting package does not feature cron jobs, you can add this feature with just a couple of clicks inside the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All the semi-dedicated hosting that we offer can run CGI scripts or all other applications developed in Perl and considering that cron jobs are featured in all our packages, you can select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. What's more, you can benefit from a huge library of over 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functions in order to save time when you create your scripts. In the event that you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires a particular module to work efficiently, we'll have it because our library includes both widely used modules and less popular ones. You'll be able to view the path to the modules which you should use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.