Perl is an efficient programming language that's regularly used for generating CGI scripts and also many different web-based applications. One of its main pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of program code which are employed to execute various tasks and to enhance the effectiveness of a given script without slowing it with unnecessary lines of code. In other words, if five jobs should be executed, you'll be able to employ five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules rather than including a few hundred lines used to create the actual modules within your script. Perl is very handy and it can be used for a number of purposes, that's why a lot of corporations have implemented it in their web products or on their high-traffic websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's ordinarily used in addition to other languages such as PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
Since Perl is installed on our cloud website hosting platform, you'll be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with all of our shared hosting packages without any difficulties. You can even do this automatically through a cron job when your plan has this attribute. If not, you are able to include cron jobs through the Upgrades area of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules can be found on our servers and you'll be able to use any of them with your scripts. The complete list is available in the Control Panel and when you want to use any module, you simply have to include the path to our module library inside your script. If third-party scripts that you would like to add to your website require a specific module, for example, you do not have to worry if they will function effectively or not. In this way, you're able to build a dynamic site and offer countless options to your website visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
You'll be able to work with every Perl-based application, including CGI scripts, with all of the semi-dedicated servers that we supply as Perl is supported on our servers. You will be 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 run manually as a result of some action your client performs on your site, or automatically by a cron job which you can set up in your account. If you choose to employ a script which you've found online and it requires certain modules to to exist on the server, you can benefit from our vast library which features more than 3000 modules. In this way, you can be sure that any kind of Perl application that you generate or find online will function perfectly on our end.