Perl is a powerful programming language which is frequently used for making CGI scripts along with different web-based applications. One of its major advantages is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of code which are used to execute multiple tasks and to enhance the efficiency of a certain script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of code. This means that, if five jobs should be executed, you can employ five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules instead of adding a large number of lines used to generate the actual modules within your script. Perl is very convenient and it may be used for various purposes, so a wide range of companies have included it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It is generally used in addition to other languages for example PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting
You're able to use CGI scripts and applications written in Perl with all our Linux shared hosting services because we have a rich library more than 3000 modules present on our custom cloud hosting platform in order to make sure that all the dependencies for a tailor-made or a ready-made script are there any time you need them. You can run a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually through your website, or automatically by using a cron job which will run a certain file regularly. If the package which you have picked does not come with cron jobs included, you're able to add as many as you want from the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. You also need to ensure that the script file has the proper executable permissions. When you use our shared packages, you are able to create a website with as many functions and features as you would like.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you want to include CGI scripts on your sites or any other Perl-based application for that matter, you won't have any sort of problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our machines and you will be able to call them by including the path which you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you use. When you download some application from a third-party website, for example, you can rest assured that you'll be able to use it whatever the modules it needs to function. Given that your .pl files have the right UNIX permissions to be executable, you can choose whether a certain script will be run manually by a guest doing something on your website, or automatically by creating a cron job inside your account. With the latter option, your script can be executed every day, hour or minute according to your preference.