Perl is a widespread scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most practical programming languages on the Internet. 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 alternative languages on the web is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a certain process that can be included in a script by calling them which means that you are able to write only one line in your script to have a whole module executed, rather than having the entire code which is already included in the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with various other languages and it comes with a lot of options based on what a particular application can do, it's used by a number of renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

Provided you get a cloud hosting package from our company, you are able to run Perl/CGI scripts without a problem as we have numerous modules on the cloud hosting platform where all the shared accounts are created. With every single plan, you will have access to over 3000 modules which you can employ in your scripts and you'll find a full list within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel along with the path that you need to use in order to get access to them. In case you use any script which you've downloaded from a third-party site, you can be sure that it'll function properly regardless of what modules it needs 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. In case your web hosting plan does not come with cron jobs, you'll be able to add this attribute with a few clicks inside the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we provide can run CGI scripts or various other applications developed in Perl and since cron jobs are part of all the plans, you can pick if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. What is more, you can benefit from a huge library of more than 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functions in order to save your time when you write your scripts. Provided you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires some module so as to function effectively, we will have it as our library features both popular modules and less popular ones. You will be able to see the path to the modules which you have to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.