Perl is a powerful programming language that is regularly used for generating CGI scripts as well as various web-based apps. One of its key advantages is the fact that it works with modules - ready-made batches of program code that are employed to perform various tasks and to extend the functionality of a given script without clogging it with unnecessary lines of program code. In other words, if five processess should be executed, you're able to use five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules instead of adding a large number of lines used to set up the actual modules within your script. Perl is very handy and it can be used for a number of purposes, so a number of companies have implemented 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 for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Web Hosting

You can use CGI scripts and applications created in Perl with all our Linux web hosting packages because we have a rich library of over 3000 modules installed on our custom cloud website hosting platform in order to ensure that all the dependencies for a custom or a ready-made script are there any time you need them. You'll be able to execute a .pl file in two separate ways - either manually from your site, or automatically via a cron job which will run a particular file on regular intervals. In the event that the plan that you have ordered doesn't come with cron jobs included, you will be able to include as many as you want from the Upgrades menu inside your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel. You also need to make sure that the script file is provided with the needed executable permissions. Using our shared plans, you can build a site with as many functions and features as you like.