Perl is a very popular language, that is used to build various web applications and CGI scripts. Many programmers consider it to be one of the most practical programming languages in existence as it supports the usage of modules - small bits of program code with pre-defined subroutines that are used to execute a certain task. The modules can help you save time and effort and they will contribute to the rapid speed of your websites because you're able to add just a single line of program code to call a certain module instead of using all the code for the process within your script. Perl is a versatile language most often used for scripts, but it's been used to generate a variety of popular pieces of web software too, for example cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It is also employed on high-traffic websites for instance IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many more.

Perl Scripting in Hosting

As Perl is set up on our cloud hosting platform, you're able to run Perl/CGI scripts with any of our hosting packages without any difficulties. You may even do this automatically by using a cron job if your plan comes with this attribute. If not, you will be able to add cron jobs via the Upgrades area of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules can be found on our servers and you will be able to use all of them with your scripts. The full list is available in the Control Panel and if you need 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 demand a certain module, for example, you will not need to worry if they will run effectively or not. This way, you are able to make a dynamic website and supply various characteristics to your website visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you wish to include CGI scripts on your websites or any other Perl-based software for that matter, you will not experience any kind of problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our servers and you can call them by adding the path that you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. If you download some app from a third-party website, for instance, you can rest assured that you will be able to use it no matter what modules it needs to work. Given that your .pl files include the appropriate UNIX permissions to make them executable, you will be able to decide whether a given script will be executed manually by a visitor doing something on your site, or automatically by setting up a cron job in your account. With the latter option, your script can be executed every minute, hour or day according to your preference.