Perl is a sought-after scripting language that is considered to be one of the most practical programming languages on the web. It's feature-rich and it is used to generate multiple web-based apps and CGI scripts. What distinguishes Perl from most of the other languages on the web is the support for modules - sets of commands for a certain task which can be included in a script by simply calling them which means that you are able to write a single line in your script to have a whole module executed, instead of having the entire code which is already a part of the module anyway. Because Perl supports many other languages and it provides a lot of options depending on what a particular application can do, it is employed by numerous famous companies - the BBC, Craigslist, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB), cPanel, etc.

Perl Scripting in Shared Hosting

Perl is available with all of the shared hosting plans that we provide and you can execute any kind of .pl file which you upload inside your account using the File Manager of the Control Panel or an FTP program. This will allow you to make a website with all the characteristics that you would like your visitors to have, but PHP does not offer. You're able to execute a script either manually or automatically with a cron job. Our plans feature countless Perl modules which you are able to employ and you'll see the complete list in your hosting account along with the path that you should use in your scripts, in order to be able to access these modules. In case you would like to execute a Perl/CGI script through a cron job but your package doesn't offer this option, 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 web hosting Control Panel.

Perl Scripting in Semi-dedicated Servers

In case you would like to include CGI scripts on your sites or some other Perl-based software for that matter, you will not encounter any sort of problems in case you use a semi-dedicated server account from our company. Thousands of Perl modules are installed on our machines and you will be able to call any of them by including the path which you can find in your Control Panel into the script that you've chosen. Any time you download some app from a third-party site, for example, you can rest assured that you will be able to use it whatever the modules it needs to function. As long as your .pl files include the proper UNIX permissions to ensure they are executable, you are able to choose whether a certain script will be executed manually by a visitor doing something on your website, or automatically by setting up a cron job inside your account. Using the latter option, your script can be run every day, hour or minute depending on your preference.