Adjust Grid layout -> ROWS and COLUMNS are assigned using funtion elseif ($cnt == )

I have a code that assigns: - 2 Columns for ROW called LATEST - 3 Columns for ROW called OLDER Code: if ($cnt == 1) { $out_.= '<div class="latest">'; $out_.= '<div class="row">'; } elseif ($cnt == 3) { $out_.= '<div class="older">'; $count_older = 1; } if ($cnt >= 3) { if ($count_older % 3 == 1) $out_.= '<div class="row">'; } $column_class = 'latest-col'; if ($cnt >= 3) $column_class = 'older-col'; $out_.= '<div class="' . $column_class . '">'; /* ----- Coding related to image container ------ */ $out_.= '</div>'; if ($cnt == 2) { $out_.= '</div></div><!-- latest -->'; } else if ($works_count == 1) { $out_.= '</div></div><!-- latest -->'; } else if ($cnt >= 3) { if (($count_older % 3 == 0) || ($works_count == $cnt)) $out_.= '</div><!--row-->'; if ($works_count == $cnt) $out_.= '</div><!-- older -->'; $count_older++; } I need to keep 2 Columns for ROW LATEST. and 2 Columns for ROW OLDER ------ instead of 2 as is set in the code above. Thank you