Perl is an effective programming language that's commonly used for making CGI scripts along with various kinds of web-based applications. Among its key advantages is the fact that it works with modules - ready-made batches of program code that are employed to execute various tasks and to extend the performance of a given script without slowing it with unneeded lines of code. To put it simply, in the event that five tasks need to be performed, you are able to use five lines of program code to call each of the modules rather than adding hundreds of lines used to create the actual modules in your script. Perl is very convenient and it can be used for multiple purposes, that's why a wide range of companies have implemented it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It is often used with other programming languages for example PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting

If you get a shared website hosting plan from our company, you can run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have a large number of modules present on the cloud hosting platform where all of the shared accounts are created. With every single package, you'll get access to more than 3000 modules which you'll be able to use in your scripts and you can find a full list in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel along with the path that you should use to gain access to them. Should you use any kind of script that you've downloaded from a third-party site, you can be sure that it'll work properly no matter what modules it requires for that. Any kind of .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to set up a cron job to do this automatically at a specific time interval. In case your hosting plan does not come with cron jobs, you are able to include this feature with a few clicks in the Upgrades section of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you would like to include CGI scripts on your sites or any other Perl-based application for that matter, you will not encounter any problems if you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our machines and you'll be able to call each of them by adding the path which you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you use. When you download some application from a third-party site, for instance, you can be sure that you will be able to use it no matter what modules it requires to work. Given that your .pl files include the right UNIX permissions to be executable, you're able to choose whether a given script will be executed manually by a visitor doing something on your site, or automatically by creating a cron job in your account. With the second option, your script can be run every minute, hour or day according to your preference.