animeSeries - first-letter.php(2)

<?php
/**
 * Display posts based on letter.
 *
 * @package animeSeries
 */

define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
require_once('../../../wp-load.php');

$letter = (isset($_GET['letter'])) ? $_GET['letter'] : 'a';
query_posts('letter=' . $letter);

$end_col = ceil( $wp_query->post_count/2 );
$posts = 0;

if( have_posts() ) {
?> <ul class="col1"> <?php
while ( have_posts()) : the_post();
    if ($posts == $end_col){
        ?> </ul>
        <ul class="col2"> <?php
    } elseif($posts == $end_col*2) {
        ?> </ul> <?php
    }?>

    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
    <?php
    $posts++;
endwhile;
}
?> </ul> <?php
wp_reset_query();
?>