Trying to resize an iframe window or find another solution

[Aro2220]

Hi!

I have a mysql database with a bunch of quotations in it. I created a blog at

http://aro2220.blogspot.com

At the top of the blog is an iframe window that directs to

http://aro2220.com/blog

On that page it uses php to pull out a random quote from the database. The iframe window displays that quote onto the blog.

It works great except that the height is not automatically resizing.

Is there a way I can use javascript to do this instead? Here is some pseudo-code of what I'd like to be able to do: (p.s. I do not know javascript or much of anything so I am looking for people to tell me how to ACTUALLY do this)

var stringvariable =

http://aro2220.com/blog/index.html;

int stringlength = stringlength(stringvariable);

int autosize = 200 + stringlength * 5;

<iframe width="100%" frameborder="0" src="

http://aro2220.com/blog"

height=$autosize scrolling="no"></iframe>

Obviously these are not real functions or proper syntax but hopefully it will paint a clear picture on what I am trying to do.

 

[MasterGuy]

Not really sure if this is what you mean, but you are trying to re-size the iframe, depending on the height of the text in the iframe?

This might do the trick, found easy with google, searching for "JavaScript dynamic iframe height":

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/iframessi2.htm

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Also see this article for more information on resizing iframes to fit their content when the domains are different:

http://www.codecouch.com/2008/10/cross-site-scripting-xss-using-iframes/

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