Why isnt this value getting updated on the Server side?

Hi,

Im using an java applet to communicate with an php server using xml-
rpc. I created a login, but my variable $FAIL_ATTEMPTS is not adding 
and im getting worried that im way off.

can anyone take a look?


function Login($xmlrpcmsg)
{
$USERNAME = $xmlrpcmsg->getParam(0)->scalarVal();
$PASSWORD = $xmlrpcmsg->getParam(1)->scalarVal();

$FAILED_ATTEMPTS;


	$result = "Returned Data:" . "Username: " . $USERNAME . " 
Password: " . $PASSWORD;

	if($USERNAME == "Admin")
	{
		if($PASSWORD == "rooot")
		{
        	return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval("Welcome 
administrator!","string"));
		}
			
		$FAILED_ATTEMPTS = $FAILED_ATTEMPTS + 1;
		return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval("Invalid 
Authorization! $FAILED_ATTEMPTS"));
		
	}

       

	return new xmlrpcresp(new xmlrpcval($result, "string"));
}

The client picks up the value of 1 if you enter in an invalid 
attempt, but if you do it more than once it doesnt show???

Thank you very much,

Aric


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