Why not try starting a session create a session var $_SESSION['myvar'] and do something like this
<form method="post" name="form" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF; ?>">
<input type="text" value="1" name="increment_value" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" />
</form>
if(!isset($SESSION['myvar'])) {
$SESSION['myvar'] = 0;
} else {
$SESSION['myvar'] += $GET['increment_value'];
}
reload page with new value.