Perl is a widespread programming language, which is employed to set up various web apps and CGI scripts. A number of programmers consider it to be among the most efficient languages available because it supports the use of modules - small parts of code with pre-defined subroutines that are employed to execute a certain task. The modules will save you time and effort and they will contribute to the quick loading speed of your sites as you'll be able to include just one line of program code to call a particular module instead of using all the program code for the task within your script. Perl is a multi-functional language most often used for scripts, but it has been used to create many popular pieces of web software as well, such as cPanel, BugZilla and Movable Type. It's also used on high-traffic sites like IMDB, Craigslist, Ticketmaster and many more.
Perl Scripting in Shared Web Hosting
Since Perl is installed on our cloud website hosting platform, you will be able to execute Perl/CGI scripts with any of our shared web hosting packages without difficulty. You can even do this automatically via a cron job when your plan comes with this option. If not, you are able to include cron jobs from the Upgrades area of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Over 3000 Perl modules can be accessed on our servers and you will be able to use them with your scripts. The full list is available in the Control Panel and if you need to use any module, you just have to add the path to our module library inside your script. In case third-party scripts which you would like to include in your website require a certain module, for example, you don't have to worry whether they will work effectively or not. In this way, you're able to make a dynamic Internet site and provide various attributes to your visitors.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting
All semi-dedicated hosting that we offer are capable of running CGI scripts or any other applications developed in Perl and due to the fact that cron jobs are featured in all of our plans, you'll be able to choose if a certain script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. What's more, you can benefit from a vast library of over 3000 modules that are already set up on our servers and use their features so as to save your time when you write your scripts. Provided you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it needs a specific module in order to work effectively, we will have it since our library contains both widespread modules and less popular ones. You can view the path to the modules which you need to use in our scripts in the Server Information drop-down menu of the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.