Perl is a powerful programming language that's frequently used for generating CGI scripts and also a number of web-based apps. One of its main advantages is the fact that it supports modules - ready-made batches of program code that are designed to perform various tasks and to increase the efficiency of a certain script without slowing it with unneeded lines of code. This means that, when five jobs need to be executed, you are able to use five lines of program code to call each one of the modules rather than including a couple of hundred lines used to set up the actual modules in your script. Perl is really handy and it can be used for a number of purposes, that's why many corporations have included it in their web products or on their resource-demanding websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's ordinarily used in addition to other programming languages for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

As Perl is set up on our cloud web hosting platform, you're able to run Perl/CGI scripts with all of our shared hosting plans without any difficulties. You may even do this automatically by using a cron job when your package comes with this attribute. If not, you are able to add cron jobs via the Upgrades area of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules can be accessed on our servers and you'll be able to use all of them with your scripts. The entire list is available in the Control Panel and if you need to use any module, you just have to add the path to our module library within your script. In case third-party scripts that you need to include in your site demand a particular module, for example, you won't have to worry if they will operate properly or not. This way, you'll be able to build a dynamic Internet site and supply numerous different features to your targeted visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All the Linux semi-dedicated hosting packages that we provide can run CGI scripts or any other applications developed in Perl and considering the fact that cron jobs are included in all plans, you will be able to select if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. What's more, you can use a vast library of more than 3000 modules which are already installed on our servers and use their functionality to save time when you write your scripts. If you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires some module in order to work efficiently, we'll have it since our library features both widespread modules and less popular ones. You are able to see the path to the modules that you need to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel.