Perl is a very popular scripting language which is regarded as being one of the most practical languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it is used to generate various web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages on the internet is the support for modules - groups of commands for a particular task that can be included in a script just by calling them i.e. you'll be able to write only one line in your script to have an entire module executed, instead of having the whole program code that's already included in the module anyway. Since Perl is compatible with many other languages and it provides a lot of functions based on what a particular application can do, it's used by a number of renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Web Hosting

You'll be able to use CGI scripts and applications created in Perl with all of our web hosting plans as we have a rich library of over 3000 modules installed on our custom-made cloud website hosting platform so as to make sure that all the dependencies for a custom-made or a pre-made script will be there whenever you need them. You can execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually via your website, or automatically via a cron job which will run a particular file regularly. If the plan which you have purchased doesn't come with cron jobs included, you can easily add as many as you need from the Upgrades menu in your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. You also have to ensure that the script file is provided with the right executable permissions. With our shared plans, you will be able to create a site with as many functions and features as you would like.