Perl is an efficient programming language which is frequently used for setting up CGI scripts and various kinds of web-based apps. Among its main pros 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 clogging it with unnecessary lines of program code. In other words, if five processess need to be executed, you'll be able to use five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules rather than adding a few hundred lines used to create the actual modules in your script. Perl is really handy and it can be used for a variety of purposes, that's why a wide range of companies have implemented it in their web products or on their resource-demanding websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It is generally used along with other languages such as PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting

Provided you buy a shared website hosting plan from us, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without a problem as we have a large number of modules present on the cloud platform where all the shared accounts are created. With every single plan, you will have access to more than 3000 modules that you'll be able to employ in your scripts and you'll find the whole list in your Hepsia hosting Control Panel together with the path that you need to use in order to gain access to them. Should you use any kind of script which you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can be sure that it will run flawlessly regardless of what modules it requires for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you can set up a cron job to do this automatically at a specific time interval. In case your hosting package does not include cron jobs, you'll be able to add this option with just a couple of clicks within the Upgrades area of your Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you would like to include CGI scripts on your sites or another Perl-based software for that matter, you won't have any sort of problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our servers and you are able to call any of them by adding the path which you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. If you download some application from a third-party website, for example, you can rest assured that you'll be able to use it regardless of the modules it needs to work. Provided that your .pl files include the appropriate UNIX permissions to be executable, you will be able to choose whether a given script will be run manually by a visitor doing something on your website, or automatically by creating a cron job inside your account. When you use the aforementioned option, your script can be run every minute, hour or day in accordance with your preference.