Perl is an excellent programming language that is commonly used for setting up CGI scripts as well as many different web-based applications. One of its main advantages is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code which are designed to perform multiple tasks and to extend the effectiveness of a given script without clogging it with unneeded lines of code. To put it simply, in the event that five tasks should be executed, you'll be able to use five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules instead of including a couple of hundred lines used to set up the actual modules inside your script. Perl is really useful and it may be used for various purposes, that's why many corporations have integrated 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 like PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
Since Perl is set up on our cloud web hosting platform, you can run Perl/CGI scripts with any of our hosting packages without any difficulties. You may also do this automatically by using a cron job if your plan has this option. If not, you're able to include cron jobs via the Upgrades area of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel. More than 3000 Perl modules are present on our servers and you will be able to use all of them with your scripts. A complete list is available in the Control Panel and when you'd like to use any module, you only have to add the path to our module library in your script. When third-party scripts which you want to include in your site require a particular module, for instance, you will not need to worry whether they will work properly or not. In this way, you'll be able to create a dynamic website and offer a huge selection of features to your site visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you would like to include CGI scripts on your websites or any other Perl-based application for that matter, you will not have any sort of problems in the event that you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our servers and you will be able to call each of them by including the path which you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you use. If you download some application from a third-party website, for example, you can be sure that you'll be able to use it regardless of the modules it requires to function. Given that your .pl files have the proper UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you can choose whether a certain script will be executed manually by a guest doing something on your website, or automatically by creating a cron job inside your account. When you use the second option, your script can be run every minute, hour or day depending on your preference.