Perl is a powerful programming language that's frequently used for setting up CGI scripts and also many different web-based apps. Among its main pros is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of program code that are used to do multiple tasks and to enhance the performance of a given script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of code. In other words, when five processess should be performed, you're able to use five lines of program code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including a large number of lines used to set up the actual modules in your script. Perl is very useful and it can be used for a number of purposes, so a wide range of corporations have implemented it in their web products or on their resource-demanding websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's commonly used in addition to other languages for example PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Web Hosting
Provided you buy a Linux web hosting service through our company, you'll be able to run Perl/CGI scripts without a problem because we have a large number of modules present on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are set up. With each plan, you'll have access to over 3000 modules which you can employ in your scripts and you'll find the whole list within your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel along with the path that you have to use in order to get access to them. When you use any kind of script which you have downloaded from a third-party website, you can rest assured that it'll work correctly regardless of what modules it requires for that. Any .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a specific time interval. In case your web hosting plan doesn't feature cron jobs, you're able to include this attribute with a few clicks inside the Upgrades section of the Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
Perl is supported on all our servers, so in case you obtain a semi-dedicated server account through us, you're able to use any custom or ready-made CGI script or any other Perl-based web application without any difficulties. To save you time and effort, we have also installed several thousand modules that you can take advantage of. You will be able to see the path to the library in the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel and add any module within your scripts. Some third-party scripts, for example, need to have certain modules, so as to operate efficiently. Executing a .pl file, custom or ready-made, can be done in two ways - manually, if a website visitor performs a certain action on your website, or automatically, when you create a cron job from your account. In the second case, you will be able to select the interval based on what your script will do and how often you would like it to run - once every minute, hour, day, etc.