Perl is an effective programming language which is widely used for creating CGI scripts and a variety of web-based apps. Among its main pros is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code which are employed to do numerous tasks and to extend the performance of a given script without slowing it with unneeded lines of program code. In other words, when five tasks need to be executed, you are able to employ five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules instead of adding hundreds of lines used to create the actual modules inside your script. Perl is really useful and it can be used for a number of purposes, that's why a wide range of corporations have implemented it in their web products or on their high-traffic sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's ordinarily used in addition to other programming languages for instance PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Shared Website Hosting
As Perl is installed on our cloud hosting platform, you can execute Perl/CGI scripts with any of our shared website hosting packages without any difficulties. You can also do this automatically via a cron job if your package comes with this attribute. If not, you will be able to add cron jobs from the Upgrades area of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules are available on our servers and you'll be able to use any of them with your scripts. The full list is available inside the Control Panel and when you wish to use any module, you just have to include the path to our module library within your script. If third-party scripts that you would like to add to your website demand a specific module, for instance, you won't need to worry whether they will operate efficiently or not. In this way, you're able to make a dynamic website and supply numerous different functions to your website visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You are able to work with any kind of Perl-based app, including CGI scripts, with all the Linux semi-dedicated hosting that we offer as Perl is supported on our servers. You will be able to make any .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 may be run manually as a result of some action the client performs on the site, or automatically via a cron job that you can create in your account. In case you want to use a script which you've found online and it requires particular modules to to be available on your server, you're able to benefit from our rich library that includes over 3000 modules. In this way, you can rest assured that any kind of Perl application that you create or find on the worldwide web will work flawlessly on our end.