Perl is a well-known scripting language that's considered to be one of the most useful programming languages on the Internet. It is feature-rich and it's used to create a variety of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages out there is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a particular process that can be included in a script by simply calling them i.e. you'll be able to write just a single line inside your script to have a whole module executed, instead of having the entire program code that is already included in the module anyway. Because Perl supports numerous other programming languages and it provides a lot of functions based on what a particular application can do, it's employed by lots of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
Provided you get a shared service from our company, you'll be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems because we have numerous modules on the cloud hosting platform where the shared accounts are generated. With each plan, you will be given access to more than 3000 modules which you are able to employ in your scripts and you will find the complete list in your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel together with the path that you should use so as to get access to them. In case you use any kind of script that you've downloaded from some third-party site, you can be sure that it will run flawlessly whatever the modules it needs for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you can create a cron job to do this automatically at a pre-set time interval. If your website hosting package does not include cron jobs, you're able to include this feature with just a couple of clicks inside the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Perl is supported on all our servers, so when you obtain a semi-dedicated server account through us, you can use any kind of custom or ready-made CGI script or any other Perl-based web app without any difficulties. To save you time and effort, we have also included several thousand modules which you are able to use. You can see the path to the library inside the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and include any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, require certain modules, so as to operate effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, is possible in two ways - manually, if a visitor performs a specific action on your site, or automatically, if you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you will be able to choose the interval based on what your script will do and how often you would like it to run - once a day, hour, minute, etcetera.