Perl is a well-liked scripting language that's regarded as one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it's used to generate a number of web-based apps and CGI scripts. What differentiates Perl from most of the alternative languages out there is the compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a particular process that can be included in a script by calling them which means that you can write only one line within your script to get an entire module executed, instead of having the entire program code that's already included in the module anyway. Since Perl can be used with many other languages and it features a lot of functions based on what a specific application can do, it's employed by a number of popular companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting
Perl is available with all of the cloud web hosting that we provide and you will be able to execute any type of .pl file which you upload within your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP program. This will allow you to create an Internet site with all the functions that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP fails to offer. You're able to execute a script either manually or automatically through a cron job. Our plans come with countless Perl modules which you're able to employ and you'll see the complete list in your website hosting account as well as the path which you need to use in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. In case you want to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job but your plan does not offer this feature, you are able to add as many cron jobs as you need through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of your website hosting Control Panel.
Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you want to include CGI scripts on your websites or another Perl-based software for that matter, you won't experience any sort of problems if you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our machines and you'll be able to call any of them by including the path that you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you've chosen. Every time you download some application from a third-party website, for example, you can be sure that you will be able to work with it no matter what modules it needs to function. Given that your .pl files include the appropriate UNIX permissions to be executable, you're able to select 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 latter option, your script can be executed every minute, hour or day depending on your preference.