Perl is a well-known scripting language which is regarded as one of the most useful programming languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it's used to generate a variety of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the other languages out there is its compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a particular task which can be integrated into a script just by calling them i.e. you are able to write a single line in your script to have an entire module executed, instead of having the whole code that's already included in the module anyway. Because Perl can be used with a lot of other languages and it features a lot of options depending on what a particular application can do, it's used by many famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Perl is provided with all of the Linux shared packages that we offer and you are able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload inside your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP software. The aforementioned will help you build an Internet site with all of the functions that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP does not supply. You will be able to execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our plans include countless Perl modules that you'll be able to employ and you'll see a full list in your hosting account as well as the path that you should include in your scripts, so as to be able to access these modules. If you want to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job however your package doesn't offer this option, you are able to add as many cron jobs as you need via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your website hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you want to include CGI scripts on your websites or another Perl-based app for that matter, you will not have any problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our machines and you're able to call them by including the path that you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you use. If you download some application from a third-party website, for instance, you can rest assured that you'll be able to work with it whatever the modules it requires to function. Provided that your .pl files include the right UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you will be able to decide whether a specific script will be run manually by a visitor doing something on your website, or automatically by setting up a cron job in your account. With the aforementioned option, your script can be executed every day, hour or minute according to your preference.