anche tutto.. 
	codice:
	function cerca_nella_regione ($connessione,$campo,$provincia,$tipologia,$prezzo,$mq,$codice,$idregione){
	
	$controlla = 0; // QUI!!
	$query_search = "SELECT * FROM `province` WHERE `idregione` ='$idregione'";
	$es_query_search = mysql_query($query_search, $connessione) or die(mysql_error());
	$totalRows_query_search = mysql_num_rows($es_query_search);
	if($totalRows_query_search > 0){
	
	$stampa .='<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">alert("'.titoli_spa($connessione, $campo, 149).'");</script>';
	
				$stampa .='<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="table_centrale">
							<tr><td class="menu">[img]img/pallino.gif[/img] '.titoli_spa($connessione, $campo, 150).'</td></tr>
							<tr><td style="padding-top:4px; padding-bottom:4px"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#E6FC97">
							<tr><td height="17" colspan="5"></td></tr>
							<tr><td width="17"></td>';
							
											
		while($row_query_search = mysql_fetch_assoc($es_query_search)) {
				
				$provincia = $row_query_search['idprovincia'];
		
				$query_interno = "SELECT * FROM `immobili` WHERE `clausola` = 'vendita' AND `id_provincia` = '$provincia' AND `id_tipologia` = '$tipologia' AND `stato` =1";
				$es_query_interno = mysql_query($query_interno, $connessione) or die(mysql_error());
				$totalRows_query_interno = mysql_num_rows($es_query_interno);
				$controlla += $totalRows_query_interno;// QUI!!
				$x = 0;
					while($row_query_interno = mysql_fetch_assoc($es_query_interno)) {
					
						$id = $row_query_interno['id'];
						$mq_commerciali = $row_query_interno['mq_commerciali'];
						$prezzo = $row_query_interno['prezzo'];
						$riservata = $row_query_interno['riservata'];
						$id_provincia = $row_query_interno['id_provincia'];
						$comune = $row_query_interno['comune'];
						$prezzo = number_format($prezzo, 2, ',' , '.');
						if($prezzo == '0,00'){
							$st_prezzo = "";
					  	}else if($riservata == 1){
							$st_prezzo = "";
						}else{
							$st_prezzo = "€ $prezzo";
						}
					
$stampa .= '<td><table width="130" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#E6FC97">
          <tr>
            <td class="bgvetrina1" style="padding-bottom:6px;padding-left:1px">[img]/img/immibili/'.$id.'/105x75.jpg[/img]</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>'.$comune.' '.cerca_province1($connessione,$id_provincia).'
mq '.$mq_commerciali.'
'.$st_prezzo.'</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom">» '.titoli_spa($connessione, $campo, 91).'
» '.titoli_spa($connessione, $campo, 92).'</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom"></td>
          </tr>
        </table></TD>';
		$x++;
		if($x == 5){
		$stampa .= '</tr><tr><td height="17" colspan="5"></td></tr>
			<tr><td width="17"></td>';
		$x = 0;
		}
					
					
					}//chiudo while
					
		
		
		}// chiudo while
	$stampa .= '<tr><td height="4" colspan="5">[img]img/spacer.gif[/img]</td></tr>
		</table>
				</td></tr>
	</table>';
	}// chiudo if
	
	return $stampa;
	
}
 
se faccio echo per capire cosa esce viene! 002020
grazie