Comment Loop, $i; $i problem

Hi all,

currently trying to get a simple number increase to work in the comment loop but having some difficulty.

I have set a variable of $i to = 0 and then after the last div told it to +1, however it either seems to be ignoring that or simply reseting itself to 0 after every loop? i’m completely baffled.

Below is my code?

Is there somewhere else i should be putting my $i variable? it doesn’t seem like it’s in the loop?

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any help is appreciated
Dan