Perl is a well-known scripting language that is considered to be one of the most practical languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it is used to generate multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages on the internet is the support for modules - sets 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 within your script to have an entire module executed, rather than having the entire code that is already a part of the module anyway. Since Perl supports various other languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a specific app can do, it is employed by lots of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting
Perl is provided with all the Linux shared website hosting that we provide and you can execute any .pl file which you upload in your account when you use the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP program. The latter will help you create a website with all the characteristics that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP fails to supply. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our plans feature a large number of Perl modules that you're able to use and you'll see the whole list in your web hosting account as well as the path that you have to include in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. If you would like to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job however your plan does not offer this option, you can include as many cron jobs as you require via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the hosting Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Perl is supported on all our servers, so when you aquire a semi-dedicated server account through us, you're able to use any kind of custom-made or ready-made CGI script or another Perl-based web application without difficulty. To save your time and efforts, we've also included several thousand modules that you will be able to take advantage of. You can see the path to the library in the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and add any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, need certain modules, to function effectively. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be achieved in two separate ways - manually, if a visitor performs a certain action on your site, or automatically, when you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you will be able to select the interval according to what the script will do and how often you would like it to run - once every day, hour, minute, etcetera.