It's very hard to find web hosts that offer full CGI scripting support. The company that hosts perlmonks (see banner at top of page) offers a good package for about $30/month (that's US$). Most sites only allow HTML, however, since PHP is embedded inside HTML, you'll find more hosts supporting that (using the apache web server with mod_php). Beware of sites advertising "cgi support" which really only give you a few canned scripts (like counters or email forms) - you can link to them, but can't customize them or write your own. Even sites that DO let you write your own perl cgi scripts usually only provide support via the apache mod_cgi module, not mod_perl. That kind of support requires a dedicated server ($200/month). If you're just playing around with stuff and learning how things work, you might get the most for your money from a "virtual server hosting" company (google 'linode', for example). This gives you maximum flexibility, but may not be reliable enough for a production site.