Perl is a widespread scripting language which is regarded as one of the most useful languages on the web. It is feature-rich and it's used to set up a variety of web-based applications and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the internet is its compatibility with modules - sets of commands for a particular task that can be integrated into a script just by calling them i.e. you're able to write just a single line in your script to get an entire module executed, instead of having the entire code which is already included in the module anyway. As Perl is compatible with various other programming languages and it features a lot of options based on what a specific application can do, it is used by many renowned companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etcetera.
Perl Scripting in Cloud Website Hosting
Perl is provided with all cloud website hosting that we provide and you will be able to execute any type of .pl file that you upload within your account with the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP software. The aforementioned will help you make a site with all of the functions that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP doesn't provide. You'll be able to execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our plans include thousands of Perl modules which you're able to employ and you'll see the whole list in your website hosting account as well as the path that you need to use in your scripts, to be able to access these modules. If you would like to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job however your package doesn't offer this option, you will be able to add as many cron jobs as you require via the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the 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 will not encounter any problems if you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our servers and you'll be able to call them by adding the path which you will find in your Control Panel into the script that you use. If you download some app from a third-party website, for instance, you can rest assured that you'll be able to work with it no matter what modules it requires to work. As long as your .pl files have the proper UNIX permissions to be executable, you will be able to select whether a specific script will be run manually by a guest doing something on your website, or automatically by creating a cron job inside your account. When you use the aforementioned option, your script can be run every minute, hour or day depending on your preference.