How increment a number in wordpress page? - php

Question

I have a page where i generate a multiple ID's and i put in page, is ads page like that:
if you see in my page i have that message: The number is: 1 after every ad
I want to increment that number, i try this but i can when de page is in loading my x is alwais 1:
<?php
$x = 1;
if($x <= 5) {
echo "The number is: $x <br>";
$x++;
}
?>
I want to increment always in my page 1,2,3,4,5 not always 1, but how can i do
Above i put all my code from page:
<?php
global $ae_post_factory, $user_ID;
$place_obj = $ae_post_factory->get('place');
$post = $place_obj->current_post;
// et_location_lat et_location_lng
?>
<?php
$query = $wpdb->get_var('SELECT count(*) as featured FROM `eHouTHuQpostmeta` WHERE `post_id`=' . get_the_ID() . ' and meta_key = "et_featured" and meta_value=1');
$date = $wpdb->get_var('SELECT meta_value FROM `eHouTHuQpostmeta` WHERE `post_id`=' . get_the_ID() . ' and meta_key = "et_twitter_url" ');
$hour = $wpdb->get_var('SELECT meta_value FROM `eHouTHuQpostmeta` WHERE `post_id`=' . get_the_ID() . ' and meta_key = "et_google_url" ');
?>
<li <?php post_class( 'post-item' ); ?> >
<div style="width:100%">
<div style="float:left;width:50%">
<?php if($query == 1){ ?><STRONG>SUGGESTED</STRONG><?php } ?>
</div>
<div style="float:right;width:50%;text-align:right">
<?php
if($date != "" && $hour != ''){
echo "<span id='data-time'>" . $date . "</span>";
}
?>
</div>
<div style="clear:both"></div>
</div>
<div class="place-wrapper<?php if($query == 1){ echo " featured-box"; } ?>">
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="img-place">
<img src="<?php echo $post->the_post_thumnail; ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>"/>
<?php if(isset($post->et_google_url) && $post->et_google_url){ ?>
<div class="cat-<?php echo $post->place_category[0]; ?>">
<div class="ribbon">
<span class="ribbon-content"><?php echo $post->et_google_url; ?></span>
</div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</a>
<div class="place-detail-wrapper">
<h2 class="title-place"> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?>
</a></h2>
<span class="address-place">
<i class="fa fa-map-marker"><span itemprop="latitude" id="latitude" content="<?php echo $post->et_location_lat;?>"></span></i>
<span itemprop="longitude" id="longitude" content="<?php echo $post->et_location_lng;?>"></span>
<span class="distance"></span>
<?php echo $post->et_full_location; ?>
</span>
<span class="address-place">
<?php echo strip_tags(html_entity_decode(get_the_excerpt())); ?>
<hr>
</span>
<div class="rate-it" data-score="<?php echo $post->rating_score; ?>">
</div>
<?php
if (!empty($post->et_fb_url)) {
echo "<span class='imageContainer'> <i class='fa fa-usd' style=''>" . $post->et_fb_url . '</i></span>';
}
?>
</i>
</div>
<?php
if(#wp_get_current_user()->user_login == get_the_author())
{
?>
<!--<div class="place-config">
<i class="fa fa-cog edit-config"></i>
<img src="http://romanianusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1450310691_6.png" class="edit-config" style="width:22px;height:22px;">
</div>
<div class="edit-place-post">
<a href="http://romanianusa.com/post-place?id=<?php the_ID(); ?>"><i class="fa fa-history place-remove fa-3x" style="padding-right:50px"></i>
<i class="fa fa-pencil place-edit fa-3x" style="padding-right:50px; padding-top:15px"></i>
<i class="fa fa-trash-o place-remove fa-3x" style="padding-top:15px"></i>
<br>
<span style="padding-right:52px">Repost</span>
<span style="padding-right:52px;">Edit</span>
<span style="padding-right:8px;">Trash</span>
</div>-->
<?php
}
?>
</div>
<?php
$x = 1;
if($x <= 5) {
echo "The number is: $x <br>";
}
$x++;
?>
<?php
if (!empty($post->et_url)) {
?>
<!--<center><span id="flag"><?php echo $post->et_url; ?></span></center>-->
<center><?php echo $post->et_url; ?></center>
<?php
}
?>
</li>