Perl is a well-known computer language, that is employed to make various web applications and CGI scripts. Many programmers believe that it is among the most practical languages in existence as it supports the usage of modules - small parts of program code with pre-defined subroutines which are employed to execute a certain task. The modules will save you a lot of time and they will contribute to the quick loading speed of your sites because you're able to integrate just one line of code to call a particular module rather than using all the code for the process within your script. Perl is a multi-functional language generally used for scripts, but it's been used to create numerous popular pieces of web software too, for instance cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It's also used on high-traffic sites including IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many others.

Perl Scripting in Website Hosting

As Perl is installed on our cloud website hosting platform, you'll be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with all of our website hosting plans without difficulty. You can even do this automatically via a cron job when your package comes with this option. If not, you will be able to include cron jobs via the Upgrades area of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules are available on our servers and you will be able to use any of them with your scripts. The full list is available in the Control Panel and when you want to use any module, you just have to add the path to our module library within your script. In case third-party scripts which you would like to include in your website demand a specific module, for example, you will not have to worry if they will work efficiently or not. This way, you'll be able to create a dynamic website and supply various attributes to your site visitors.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you wish to include CGI scripts on your websites or any other Perl-based software for that matter, you won't have any problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our machines and you can call each of them by adding the path which you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. When you download some app from a third-party site, for instance, you can be sure that you'll be able to use it no matter what modules it requires to work. Provided that your .pl files include the right UNIX permissions to be executable, you will be able to select whether a given script will be run manually by a guest doing something on your website, or automatically by setting up a cron job inside your account. When you use the latter option, your script can be run every day, hour or minute according to your preference.