Perl is a popular scripting language that is considered to be one of the most useful languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it's used to set up various web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is its compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a particular job which can be included in a script by simply calling them i.e. you are able to write only one line within your script to get an entire module executed, instead of having the whole code that's already included in the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with a lot of other languages and it features a lot of functions based on what a specific application can do, it's used by numerous renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Website Hosting
You can use CGI scripts and applications written in Perl with any of our Linux cloud website hosting because we have a rich library more than 3000 modules on our custom cloud website hosting platform so as to ensure that all of the dependencies for a tailor-made or a ready-made script will be there whenever you need them. You can execute a .pl file in two ways - either manually via your site, or automatically by using a cron job which will run a specific file regularly. In case the package which you have picked does not come with cron jobs included, you are able to include as many as you want from the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. You also need to ensure that the script file features the right executable permissions. Using our shared packages, you can build a site with as many functions and features as you like.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer can run CGI scripts or any other applications created in Perl and since cron jobs are included in all of our packages, you will be able to select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. What is more, you can benefit from a large library of over 3000 modules that are already installed on our servers and use their features in order to save your time when you create your scripts. Provided you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires a certain module to work properly, we'll have it because our library features both widespread modules and less popular ones. You will be able to view the path to the modules that you have to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.