Perl is an efficient programming language which is widely used for setting up CGI scripts as well as various web-based applications. One of its key advantages is that it supports modules - ready-made batches of code which are employed to execute multiple tasks and to enhance the functionality of a certain script without slowing it with unneeded lines of code. This means that, when five tasks should be performed, you're able to employ five lines of code in order to call each one of the modules instead of adding hundreds of lines used to generate the actual modules inside your script. Perl is really useful and it can be used for numerous purposes, so a lot of companies have included it in their web products or on their resource-demanding websites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's ordinarily used with other languages for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Shared Web Hosting

In case you get a shared web hosting plan through us, you'll be able to run Perl/CGI scripts without any problems as we have a lot of modules present on the cloud platform where all of the shared accounts are set up. With each and every package, you'll have access to over 3000 modules which you'll be able to use in your scripts and you'll find the full list inside your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well as the path which you have to use so as to gain access to them. In case you use any kind of script that you've downloaded from some third-party site, you can be sure that it'll work flawlessly no matter what modules it requires for that. Every .pl script can be executed manually or you will be able to create a cron job to do this automatically at a given time interval. In case your web hosting plan doesn't come with cron jobs, you will be able to add this attribute with a few clicks inside the Upgrades section of your Control Panel.