Problem wih get_option and update option.

I am having an issue with the following code:

// 		delete_option('lcw_common_library');
		$options = get_option('lcw_common_library');
		$status = var_dump($options);
		if ($options) {
			$options['common_access_count'] = $options['common_access_count'] + 1;
		} else {
			$options['common_access_count'] = intval(1);
		}
		$status .= var_dump($options);
		update_option('lcw_common_library', $options, false);
		$status .= var_dump($options);
exit ($status." Copies completed");

If I un-comment the first line, the delete_option, I get

bool(false) array(1) { [“common_access_count”]=> int(1) } array(1) { [“common_access_count”]=> int(1) }

as expected and the value 1 is properly stored in the db. If I re-comment it I get the following:

array(1) { [“common_access_count”]=> int(3) } array(1) { [“common_access_count”]=> int(4) } array(1) { [“common_access_count”]=> int(4) } Copies completed

For some reason, the db had a value of 1 but read 3 which I bumped to 4 and stored.

Any ideas?

Environment id XAMPP running on my PC.