array help

Hi, I'm trying to add an element to an array each time someone clicks on a button or page is reloaded. I'm using php4 and array_push doesn't seam to work the way Perl's array_push does. if ($submit) { array_push ($basket, $counter); $counter++; } First I cannot just do $basket = array(); to declare the array but have to do $basket=array(0);. Is there a way arround this? The problem with the above code is that new $counter value replaces old $counter value at array position 1 and the array never grows. Can someone tell me how to do this. Thanks Ajdin