Perl is an effective programming language that's commonly used for making CGI scripts and a variety of web-based apps. One of its key advantages is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of program code which are employed to execute numerous tasks and to increase the effectiveness of a given script without slowing it with unnecessary lines of code. This means that, when five processess should be performed, you'll be able to employ five lines of code to call each of the modules instead of adding hundreds of lines used to create the actual modules in your script. Perl is really handy and it can be used for various purposes, so a number of corporations have implemented it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It is often used with other languages like PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
As Perl is set up on our cloud web hosting platform, you can run Perl/CGI scripts with all of our hosting plans without difficulty. You may also do this automatically by using a cron job when your plan has this option. If not, you're able to add cron jobs through the Upgrades area of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are present on our servers and you can use any of them with your scripts. The complete list can be found inside the Control Panel and when you wish to use any module, you just have to include the path to our module library in your script. In case third-party scripts which you need to include in your site require a specific module, for example, you won't need to worry whether they will operate properly or not. This way, you'll be able to build a dynamic Internet site and provide numerous different attributes to your visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you would like to include CGI scripts on your sites or another Perl-based application for that matter, you won't have any kind of problems in the event that you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our servers and you'll be able to call them by including the path which you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. When you download some application from a third-party website, for example, you can be sure that you will be able to use it regardless of the modules it needs to work. Provided that your .pl files have the proper UNIX permissions to make them executable, you can select whether a particular script will be executed manually by a visitor doing something on your website, or automatically by setting up a cron job in your account. When you use the latter option, your script can be run every minute, hour or day according to your preference.