Perl is an excellent programming language which is commonly used for generating CGI scripts and also various kinds of web-based apps. Among its key pros is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code which are used to perform numerous tasks and to extend the functionality of a given script without clogging it with unneeded lines of code. To put it simply, when five tasks need to be executed, you are able to employ five lines of program code to call each one of the modules instead of including a large number of lines used to create the actual modules in your script. Perl is really useful and it may be used for a variety of purposes, that's why a wide range of corporations have integrated it in their web products or on their high-traffic sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's ordinarily used along with other languages for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

As Perl is set up on our cloud website hosting platform, you're able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with all of our hosting packages without difficulty. You can also do this automatically via a cron job if your package includes this attribute. If not, you're able to add cron jobs via the Upgrades area of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are offered on our servers and you'll be able to use any of them with your scripts. The entire list can be found in the Control Panel and if you wish to use any module, you simply have to add the path to our module library inside your script. If third-party scripts that you need to add to your website require a certain module, for instance, you will not have to worry whether they will operate properly or not. In this way, you are able to build a dynamic website and offer numerous different attributes to your site visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

Perl is supported on all of our servers, so in case you get a semi-dedicated server account through us, you're able to use any custom or ready-made CGI script or any other Perl-based web app without any difficulties. To save you time and efforts, we have also added several thousand modules which you're able to take advantage of. You can see the path to the library in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and include any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, require certain modules, so that they can operate efficiently. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two separate ways - manually, when a visitor does a certain action on your website, or automatically, when you create a cron job from your account. In the second case, you can choose the interval depending on what the script will do and how often you would like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etc.