Perl is a sought-after scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most practical languages on the Internet. It's feature-rich and it is used to create a variety of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the internet is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a specific job that can be integrated into a script by calling them i.e. you'll be able to write just a single line in your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the whole code which is already included in the module anyway. Because Perl is compatible with many other programming languages and it comes with a lot of functions depending on what a specific application can do, it's employed by lots of famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
Perl is available with all of the shared packages that we supply and you're able to execute any kind of .pl file which you upload within your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. This will enable you to make an Internet site with all the characteristics that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP cannot provide. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our packages feature a large number of Perl modules that you can use and you'll see the complete list in your hosting account along with the path which you need to include in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. If you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script using a cron job however your package doesn't offer this feature, you'll be able to add as many cron jobs as you require via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the web hosting Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Perl is supported on all of our servers, so in case you get a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you can use any custom or ready-made CGI script or any other Perl-based web app without difficulty. To save you time and efforts, we have also included several thousand modules which you are able to take advantage of. You will be able to see the path to the library in the Hepsia hosting Control Panel and add any module in your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for instance, need to have certain modules, to work properly. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be achieved in two ways - manually, when a website visitor does a certain action on your website, or automatically, when you set up a cron job through your account. In the second case, you will be able to choose the interval according to what your script will do and how often you would like it to run - once every day, hour, minute, etc.