Perl is a popular scripting language that is regarded as one of the most practical programming languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it's used to generate a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages out there is its support for modules - sets of commands for a certain process which can be integrated into a script just by calling them which means that you'll be able to write a single line within your script to have a module executed, instead of having the whole program code that is already included in the module anyway. As Perl supports a lot of other programming languages and it comes with a lot of options depending on what a specific app can do, it's used by a number of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting

Perl is available with all of the shared website hosting plans that we offer and you'll be able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload in your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP software. The aforementioned will help you build a site with all the options that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP fails to offer. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our packages include thousands of Perl modules that you'll be able to use and you will see the complete list in your hosting account as well as the path which you need to use in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. In case you want to execute a Perl/CGI script using a cron job however your plan does not offer this feature, you are able to add as many cron jobs as you need through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the web hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

You are able to use every Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all the semi-dedicated hosting plans that we offer as Perl is supported on our servers. You're able to make each .pl file executable by setting the proper UNIX permissions for it via the 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 your client performs on the website, or automatically via a cron job which you can create inside your account. If you want to employ a script which you've found online and it needs certain modules to to be available on your server, you're able to reap the benefits of our rich library which includes over 3000 modules. Thus, you can be sure that any type of Perl app that you make or find on the worldwide web will work flawlessly on our end.