using a counter to count incorrect answers

[skdzines]

I have the following code that I want to be able to keep track of how many times a user gets the same answer wrong:

$count = 0;
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])){
	if($question != 125){
	$count++;
	}else{
		header("Location: [url]http://www.christianartnetwork.com/enter.html[/url]");
	}

if ($count = 1){
	$error = "Please refer to Book";
}else if ($count = 2){
	$error = "Please refer to Chapter";
}else if ($count = 3){
	$error = "Please refer to Verse";
}
}

Problem is that every time the form is submitted, count gets reset back to zero. How do I get it to remember the value stored in $count every time the form is submitted and if the answer is still wrong, add one to $count?

Thanks for your help.

[jsvoyager]

this might not be your problem, but you need to have "==" for all of your if and elseif statements (not "=")

[skdzines]

That was it, minor oversight. Thanks for the extra eye jsvoyager.

Cheers