Perl is a widespread scripting language that's regarded as being one of the most useful languages in the online world. It's feature-rich and it is used to set up multiple web-based applications 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 job that can be included in a script by simply calling them which means that you can write just a single line inside your script to get an entire module executed, rather than having the entire program code which is already a part of the module anyway. Since Perl is compatible with various other programming languages and it provides a lot of functions depending on what a particular app can do, it's employed by lots of well-known companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, and many others.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

Perl is provided with all of the Linux cloud web hosting that we provide and you are able to execute any .pl file that you upload in your account when you use the File Manager of the Control Panel or some FTP software. This will allow you to create a site with all the characteristics that you'd like your visitors to have, but PHP cannot supply. You'll be able to execute a script either manually or automatically using a cron job. Our plans come with countless Perl modules which you can use and you'll see a full list in your website hosting account along with the path which you need to include in your scripts, to be able to access these modules. In case you wish to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job yet your plan doesn't offer this feature, you'll be able to include 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

If you want to include CGI scripts on your sites or any other Perl-based application for that matter, you won't encounter any kind of problems if you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are set up on our machines and you can call each of them by adding the path that you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. If you download some app from a third-party site, for instance, you can be sure that you will be able to use it regardless of the modules it requires to function. Provided that your .pl files have the appropriate UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you're able to choose whether a certain script will be executed manually by a guest doing something on your site, or automatically by setting up a cron job inside your account. Using the aforementioned option, your script can be executed every day, hour or minute depending on your preference.