Perl is a sought-after scripting language that's regarded as one of the most practical programming languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it's used to create multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a certain job that can be integrated into a script by simply calling them which means that you'll be able to write just a single line within your script to get a module executed, rather than having the entire program code that's already included in the module anyway. Because Perl supports numerous other programming languages and it provides a lot of options based on what a given application can do, it's used by numerous renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.
Perl Scripting in Web Hosting
Since Perl is installed on our cloud hosting platform, you can run Perl/CGI scripts with all of our web hosting packages without difficulty. You may even do this automatically through a cron job if your package comes with this attribute. If not, you are able to include cron jobs through the Upgrades section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are accessible on our servers and you can use all of them with your scripts. A complete list is available in the Control Panel and when you want to use any module, you simply have to add the path to our module library in your script. When third-party scripts that you need to include in your site demand a particular module, for instance, you don't have to worry whether they will function efficiently or not. This way, you are able to make a dynamic Internet site and supply countless options to your visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All the semi-dedicated servers that we supply can run CGI scripts or various other apps written in Perl and considering that cron jobs are included in all our packages, you can choose if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on regular basis. What's more, you can use a vast library of more than 3000 modules that are already set up on our servers and use their features in order to save time when you create your scripts. Provided you use a third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that if it requires some module to work properly, we will have it because our library includes both widely used modules and less popular ones. You will be able to view the path to the modules which you need to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel.