Perl is a widely used scripting language that is regarded as being one of the most practical languages in the online world. It is feature-rich and it is used to set up various web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages on the market is its compatibility with modules - groups of commands for a certain job which 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 get an entire module executed, rather than having the whole code which is already a part of the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with numerous other languages and it features a lot of functions based on what a particular application can do, it's employed by many renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Hosting

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

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you would like to include CGI scripts on your websites or any other Perl-based app for that matter, you won't encounter any problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our machines and you can call each of them by adding the path which you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you use. Any time you download some app from a third-party website, for instance, you can be sure that you will be able to work with it regardless of the modules it requires to work. Given that your .pl files have the right UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you can choose whether a particular script will be executed manually by a guest doing something on your website, or automatically by setting up a cron job inside your account. When you use the aforementioned option, your script can be executed every minute, hour or day according to your preference.