<div class="col-lg-6">
        <div class="row">
          
        <?php
                $where = '';
                $count = 0; // Initialize counter

                if(isset($_GET['q'])){
                  $where = " and md5(p.category_id) = '{$_GET['q']}' ";
                }

                $news = $conn->query("SELECT p.*, c.category FROM post_list p INNER JOIN category_list c ON c.id = p.category_id WHERE p.category_id = 7 ORDER BY unix_timestamp(date_published) DESC LIMIT 4");

                if($news->num_rows > 0):
                  $count = 0; // Initialize counter
                
                  while($row = $news->fetch_assoc()):
                   
                
                    // Format date_published to display only the date part (YYYY-MM-DD)
                    $date_published = date('F j, Y', strtotime($row['date_published']));
                    $trans = get_html_translation_table(HTML_ENTITIES, ENT_QUOTES);
                    unset($trans["\""], $trans["<"], $trans[">"], $trans["<h2"]);
                    $desc = strtr(html_entity_decode($row['content']), $trans);
                    $desc = str_replace(array("<li>", "</li>"), array("", ", "), $desc);
                
                    // Determine the class based on the position
                    $div_class = ($count % 2 == 0) ? 'col-6' : 'col-6 mt-4';
                ?>
                    <div class="<?php echo $div_class; ?>">
                    <a href="./index.php?page=read_news&c=<?php echo md5($row['id']) ?>" data-id = '<?php echo $row['id'] ?>'><img src="assets/uploads/content_images/<?php echo $row['cover_img'] ?>" alt="" class="img-fluid mb-4 canva-img"></a>
                    </div>
                <?php
                    $count++;
                     // Open a new row every two items
                     if ($count % 2 == 0) {
                      if ($count > 0) {
                        echo '</div></div>'; // Close previous row
                      }
                      echo '<div class="col-lg-6"><div class="row">'; // Open new row
                    }
                  endwhile;
                
                  // Close the last row if it was not closed
                  if ($count % 2 != 0) {
                    echo '';
                  }
                
                endif;
                ?>
          </div></div>