Perl is a widespread scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most useful programming languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it's used to create a number of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is its support for modules - groups of commands for a particular task that can be included in a script by calling them which means that you can write just one line in your script to have a whole module executed, instead of having the whole program code that is already a part of the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with various other languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a particular app can do, it is employed by numerous renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
If you acquire a Linux hosting package through our company, you'll be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems since we have plenty of modules on the cloud hosting platform where all the shared accounts are set up. With each and every plan, you'll be provided with access to over 3000 modules that you are able to employ in your scripts and you will find the complete list within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel along with the path which you have to use in order to get access to them. Should you use any script which you've downloaded from some third-party site, you can be sure that it will work properly no matter what modules it requires for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you'll be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a pre-set time interval. If your hosting plan doesn't feature cron jobs, you will be able to include this attribute with just a few clicks inside the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Perl is supported on all our servers, so in case you aquire a semi-dedicated server account through our company, you can use any kind of custom or ready-made CGI script or other Perl-based web application without any difficulties. To save you time and efforts, we've also included several thousand modules that you will be able to use. You can see the path to the library inside the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and add any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, will need certain modules, to operate properly. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two separate ways - manually, if a visitor does a certain action on your site, or automatically, if you set up a cron job from your account. In the second case, you're able to select the interval based on what the script will do and how often you would like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etc.