Perl is an excellent programming language that is frequently used for creating CGI scripts along with a variety of web-based applications. Among its major advantages is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of program code which are designed to do a variety of tasks and to increase the effectiveness of a certain script without slowing it with unnecessary lines of program code. In other words, in the event that five tasks have to be executed, you'll be able to employ five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including a few hundred lines used to create the actual modules in your script. Perl is very useful and it can be used for multiple purposes, so a lot of companies have implemented it in their web products or on their high-traffic sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's generally used along with other languages such as PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

In case you obtain a shared hosting from us, you'll be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have a large number of modules on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are generated. With each plan, you will get access to more than 3000 modules which you are able to use in your scripts and you'll find the complete list inside your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel along with the path which you need to use to access them. In case you use any script that you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can rest assured that it'll work properly no matter 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 certain 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 in the Upgrades area of the Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

All the Linux semi-dedicated hosting services that we supply can run CGI scripts or various other apps developed in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are a part of all our plans, you can pick if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. Also, you can use a large library of over 3000 modules that are already set up on our servers and use their features to save time when you write your scripts. In case you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it requires a certain module so as to operate properly, we will have it as our library features both widely used modules and less popular ones. You are able to view the path to the modules that you need to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.