3.13. SCRIPTING

CHAPTER 3. HOW DO I USE HOSTING CONTROLLER?

3.13

Scripting

Hosting Controller allows you to offer and use two of the most powerful scripting languages available on the

Internet:

  PHP   A widely used general purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and

can be embedded into HTML. PHP is a recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor.

  Perl   Perl is a high level programming language with an eclectic heritage originally written by Larry

Wall. It's process, file, and text manipulation facilities make it particularly well suited for tasks involving

quick prototyping, system utilities, software tools, system management tasks, database access, graphical

programming, networking, and world wide web programming. Perl may stand for PERL or Practical

Extraction and Report Language.

Figure 3.70: Viewing your scripting status

3.13.1

Enabling and disabling scripting

You can enable or disable PHP or Perl for each client that you have. This gives you maximum control over what

each client can or cannot do, and you can change these settings quickly and easily.

Note: You need have PHP or Perl installed on your web server in order to enable these scripting features.

To enable or disable scripting:

1. Click on the Enable/Disable link in the Scripting menu.

2. Click on the radio button next to the require web site and click on one of the following buttons:

Figure 3.71: Enabling PHP scripting

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