Perl is a powerful programming language that is frequently used for generating CGI scripts and various web-based applications. Among its main pros is the fact that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code that are used to perform multiple tasks and to increase the performance of a certain script without clogging it with unneeded lines of code. In other words, in the event that five processess should be performed, you can use five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including hundreds of lines used to generate the actual modules in your script. Perl is really practical and it may be used for a number of purposes, so a wide range of corporations have integrated it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's generally used along with other programming languages like PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting
Provided you acquire a cloud hosting plan from us, you will be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts without any problems because we have a large number of modules present on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are set up. With each and every plan, you'll get access to more than 3000 modules that you are able to use in your scripts and you will find a full list within your Hepsia hosting Control Panel along with the path which you should use to get access to them. When you use any script which you've downloaded from a third-party website, you can rest assured that it will work flawlessly no matter what modules it requires for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. If your web hosting package doesn't feature cron jobs, you are able to add this feature with just a few clicks inside the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
You are able to employ any kind of Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with any of the semi-dedicated plans that we provide as Perl is supported on all our servers. You're able to make any kind of .pl file executable by setting the correct UNIX permissions for it from your Hepsia Control Panel or through any kind of FTP client and based on the actual script, it may be executed manually as a result of some action the client performs on the website, or automatically by a cron job that you can create in your account. In case you choose to employ a script that you've found online and it requires particular modules to be present on your server, you will be able to benefit from our vast library that includes more than 3000 modules. In this way, you can rest assured that any Perl application that you make or find on the Internet will perform perfectly on our end.