Perl is an excellent programming language that is regularly used for making CGI scripts as well as different web-based apps. Among its major pros is that it works with modules - ready-made batches of program code that are employed to execute a variety of tasks and to increase the efficiency of a given script without clogging it with unneeded lines of program code. This means that, in the event that five tasks should be performed, you're able to use five lines of program code to call each one of the modules instead of adding a few hundred lines used to generate the actual modules inside your script. Perl is very useful and it can be used for various purposes, so a number of corporations have implemented it in their web products or on their resource-demanding sites - cPanel, IMDB, Craigslist, BugZilla, BBC and many more. It's ordinarily used in addition to other programming languages for instance PHP or Python.

Perl Scripting in Cloud Web Hosting

Perl is available with all the Linux cloud web hosting that we supply and you'll 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 enable you to make an Internet site with all the options that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP doesn't offer. You can execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our packages feature numerous Perl modules which you can employ and you'll see the full list in your hosting account in addition to the path which you have to include in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. In case you'd like to execute a Perl/CGI script with a cron job yet your plan does not offer this option, you'll be able to add as many cron jobs as you require through the Add Upgrades/Services link on the left-hand side of the hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you want to include CGI scripts on your sites or another Perl-based app for that matter, you will not experience any kind of problems if you use a semi-dedicated server account from us. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our servers and you can call each of them by including the path that you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you've selected. When you download some application from a third-party website, for example, you can rest assured that you will be able to use it whatever the modules it needs to function. Provided that your .pl files have the right UNIX permissions to be executable, you're able to decide whether a specific script will be executed manually by a guest doing something on your site, or automatically by creating a cron job in your account. With the latter option, your script can be run every minute, hour or day in accordance with your preference.