Perl is an excellent programming language that is widely used for creating CGI scripts and a variety of web-based applications. Among its key advantages is the fact that it works with modules - ready-made batches of program code which are designed to execute a variety of tasks and to extend the performance of a certain script without slowing it with unnecessary lines of program code. This means that, in the event that five tasks need to be executed, you'll be able to use five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including a few hundred lines used to generate the actual modules in your script. Perl is very handy and it can be used for various purposes, that's why a lot of companies have implemented it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's generally used in addition to other programming languages like PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
As Perl is set up on our cloud web hosting platform, you will be able to run Perl/CGI scripts with all of our hosting packages without difficulty. You may also do this automatically via a cron job if your package has this feature. If not, you can add cron jobs via the Upgrades section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules are present on our servers and you'll be able to use any of them with your scripts. A complete list is available inside the Control Panel and when you want to use any module, you just have to include the path to our module library within your script. When third-party scripts which you want to add to your website demand a specific module, for example, you won't have to worry if they will function effectively or not. In this way, you're able to create a dynamic Internet site and provide numerous different features to your website visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You can work with every Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with all the Linux semi-dedicated packages that we supply as Perl is supported on our servers. You are able to make every .pl file executable by setting the appropriate UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and based on the actual script, it can be run manually as a result of some action the client performs on your website, or automatically via a cron job that you can create inside your account. In case you decide to use a script which you've found online and it requires specific modules to to be available on the server, you are able to reap the benefits of our rich library which features more than 3000 modules. In this way, you can rest assured that any Perl application that you make or find on the worldwide web will work flawlessly on our end.