Perl is an efficient programming language that is frequently used for creating CGI scripts along with a number of web-based apps. One of its major advantages is the fact that it supports modules - ready-made batches of program code that are employed to execute a variety of tasks and to enhance the performance of a certain script without slowing it with unneeded lines of program code. In other words, if five processess need to be performed, you'll be able to employ five lines of code in order to call each of the modules rather than adding hundreds of lines used to set up the actual modules in your script. Perl is very useful and it can be used for many different purposes, that's why many corporations have integrated it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and a lot more. It's ordinarily used in addition to other programming languages for instance PHP or Python.
Perl Scripting in Hosting
Perl is provided with all the Linux hosting plans that we provide and you'll be able to execute any type of .pl file that you upload in your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP software. The aforementioned will allow you to create a website with all of the functions that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP cannot provide. You're able to execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our packages include lots of Perl modules that you can employ and you can see the full list in your hosting account in addition to the path that you should include in your scripts, to be able to access these modules. If you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job yet your plan doesn't offer this feature, you'll be able to include as many cron jobs as you require via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the website hosting Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
All of the semi-dedicated plans that we provide can run CGI scripts or various other apps written in Perl and since cron jobs are included in all plans, you're able to decide if a given script will be executed manually or automatically on a regular interval of time. You can also use a huge library of more than 3000 modules which are already set up on our servers and use their functionality in order to save your time when you write your scripts. If you use some third-party Perl script, you can also be sure that in case it requires a particular module to run efficiently, we'll have it because our library contains both widespread modules and less popular ones. You can see the path to the modules which you need to use in our scripts under the Server Information drop-down menu of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel.