Perl is an excellent programming language which is frequently used for generating CGI scripts and different web-based applications. Among its main advantages is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code which are used to perform various tasks and to extend the performance of a given script without slowing it with unnecessary lines of program code. In other words, in the event that five jobs need to be executed, you are able to employ five lines of code in order to call each of the modules rather than including a couple of hundred lines used to set up the actual modules within your script. Perl is very useful and it can be used for various purposes, that's why many corporations have implemented it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's generally used along with other programming languages such as PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
Since Perl is installed on our cloud website hosting platform, you can run Perl/CGI scripts with any of our shared hosting packages without difficulty. You may even do this automatically by using a cron job when your package has this feature. If not, you can add cron jobs through the Upgrades area of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are accessible on our servers and you can use all of them with your scripts. A full list can be found inside the Control Panel and when you'd like to use any module, you simply have to add the path to our module library within your script. If third-party scripts which you want to include in your site demand a specific module, for example, you will not need to worry whether they will operate effectively or not. This way, you're able to build a dynamic site and provide various attributes to your site visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
Perl is supported on all our servers, so when you obtain a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to use any kind of tailor-made or ready-made CGI script or another Perl-based web application without any difficulties. To save you time and effort, we've also installed several thousand modules which you'll be able to take advantage of. You will be able to see the path to the library inside the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and add any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, will need certain modules, in order to work efficiently. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two separate ways - manually, if a website visitor does a particular action on your website, or automatically, when you create a cron job from your account. In the second case, you are able to choose the interval depending on what your script will do and how often you want it to run - once every day, hour, minute, etc.