Perl is a sought-after scripting language that is considered to be one of the most useful programming languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it's used to generate multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the web is the support for modules - groups of commands for a specific job that can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you are able to write only one line inside your script to get a module executed, rather than having the whole code that is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl can be used with a lot of other programming languages and it provides a lot of options depending on what a specific app can do, it's employed by a number of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Shared Web Hosting

Since Perl is installed on our cloud hosting platform, you are able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with any of our shared web hosting packages without difficulty. You can even do this automatically by using a cron job when your plan has this feature. If not, you are able to add cron jobs via the Upgrades section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are available on our servers and you can use any of them with your scripts. The complete list can be found inside the Control Panel and when you wish to use any module, you simply have to add the path to our module library inside your script. When third-party scripts that you need to include in your site ask for a certain module, for example, you won't have to worry if they will run effectively or not. This way, you are able to build a dynamic Internet site and offer various options to your targeted visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

All the semi-dedicated plans that we provide can run CGI scripts or any other applications written in Perl and considering the fact that cron jobs are featured in all our packages, you are able to decide if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. What's more, you can benefit from a large library of more than 3000 modules that are already installed on our servers and use their features to save your time when you create your scripts. Provided you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it needs a specific module so as to run effectively, we will have it because our library includes both popular modules and less popular ones. You'll be able to see the path to the modules which you have to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.