Perl is a widespread scripting language that's regarded as one of the most practical languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it is used to set up multiple web-based applications and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages on the market is the compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a particular task which can be included in a script just by calling them which means that you can write just one line within your script to have an entire module executed, instead of having the whole code which is already a part of the module anyway. As Perl supports numerous other programming languages and it features a lot of functions based on what a given app can do, it is used by many well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

Perl is provided with all of the Linux cloud web hosting services that we offer and you can execute any kind of .pl file which you upload within your account with the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. The aforementioned will help you make an Internet site with all the functions that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP does not supply. You'll be able to execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our plans feature countless Perl modules that you're able to use and you will see the complete list in your website hosting account in addition to the path which you need to include in your scripts, to be able to access these modules. In case you want to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job however your plan doesn't offer this option, you're able to include as many cron jobs as you need via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the web hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you want to include CGI scripts on your sites or another Perl-based app for that matter, you won't encounter any problems in the event that you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our servers and you are able to call any of them by adding the path which you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. Every time you download some application from a third-party site, for instance, you can be sure that you will be able to use it no matter what modules it needs to work. As long as your .pl files include the right UNIX permissions to be executable, you can decide whether a specific script will be executed manually by a guest doing something on your site, or automatically by setting up a cron job inside your account. Using the latter option, your script can be run every day, hour or minute depending on your preference.