Perl is a well-known scripting language that is regarded as one of the most practical languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it's used to set up a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages out there is the support for modules - groups of commands for a particular process which can be included in a script by simply calling them which means that you can write just one line within your script to get a whole module executed, instead of having the whole code that is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl supports numerous other languages and it comes with a lot of functions depending on what a given application can do, it is employed by lots of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
You can use CGI scripts and apps created in Perl with all of our Linux shared hosting because we have a rich library of over 3000 modules installed on our custom-made cloud website hosting platform so as to ensure that all of the dependencies for a tailor-made or a ready-made script will be there every time you need them. You can execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually from your website, or automatically through a cron job that will run a particular file on regular intervals. If the plan that you've purchased does not come with cron jobs included, you'll be able to add as many as you would like from the Upgrades menu within your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Also, you need to make sure that the script file has the proper executable permissions. Using our shared plans, you're able to build a site with as many functions and features as you'd like.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
You will be able to work with every Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with all of the semi-dedicated hosting plans that we supply as Perl is supported on all of our servers. You'll be able to make any kind of .pl file executable by setting the appropriate UNIX permissions for it via the Hepsia Control Panel or through any FTP client and depending on the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action your client performs on your website, or automatically through a cron job which you can create inside your account. Provided you want to employ a script which you've found online and it requires specific modules to to be available on the server, you'll be able to reap the benefits of our rich library which features over 3000 modules. This way, you can be sure that any kind of Perl application that you generate or find on the web will work flawlessly on our end.