Perl is a very popular scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it's used to create a number of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a certain task which can be integrated into a script just by calling them i.e. you are able to write a single line in your script to have a whole module executed, rather than having the whole program code that's already included in the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with a lot of other programming languages and it provides a lot of functions based on what a given application can do, it is employed by lots of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.
Perl Scripting in Web Hosting
You will be able to use CGI scripts and applications written in Perl with any of our Linux web hosting because we have a rich library of over 3000 modules present on our custom-made cloud website hosting platform in order to ensure that all dependencies for a tailor-made or a pre-made script will be there any time you need them. You'll be able to run a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually from your website, or automatically via a cron job which will run a specific file regularly. If the plan that you have ordered does not come with cron jobs included, you'll be able to include as many as you would like through the Upgrades menu within your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. You also need to ensure that the script file has the needed executable permissions. Using our shared packages, you'll be able to create a website with as many functions and features as you'd like.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You'll be able to take advantage of any kind of Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with any of the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we provide as Perl is supported on all our servers. You can make every .pl file executable by setting the correct UNIX permissions for it in the Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and based on the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action the client performs on the site, or automatically via a cron job that you can set up in your account. If you choose to use a script that you have found online and it requires particular modules to to exist on your server, you are able to take full advantage of our rich library that features more than 3000 modules. In this way, you can rest assured that every Perl application that you make or find on the worldwide web will work perfectly on our end.